Catholic News

  1. Holy Spirit makes Church always new, Pope says at Pentecost Mass
    "God always brings newness--and demands our complete trust," Pope Francis said in his homily at a Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. More than 200,000 people attended the ...
  2. Pope answers questions on evangelization, poverty at Pentecost vigil
    Questioned about the keys to successful evangelization, Pope Francis suggested that ecclesial movements should focus on three words: Jesus, prayer, and witness. The Holy Father took ...
  3. Egypt's Copts again under attack
    Egypt's Christian minority suffered two more violent assaults during the past week, with bombings at Coptic Orthodox churches in two different towns. A mob of Muslim militants attacked ...
  4. Vatican official: current Code of Canon Law drafted during �naïve' time
    The Vatican official who is helping oversee the revision of the chapter of the Code of Canon Law that deals with canonical penalties said in an interview that the current code was drafted ...
  5. Ecumenical Patriarch: even amid persecution and attacks on family, the Church endures
    At a conference commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, in which Emperor Constantine decreed the toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire, Ecumenical Patriarch ...
  6. Kansas court rules that civil courts cannot interfere in annulment cases
    The Court of Appeals of the State of Kansas has ruled that civil courts cannot interfere in ecclesiastical annulment cases. A man filed suit against his ex-wife after he alleged she ...
  7. UN food official lauds commitment of Pope Francis, Church to ending hunger
    The director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has praised the commitment of Pope Francis and the Church to ending hunger. "On a scale of 1 to 10, ...
  8. USCCB, other Catholic organizations: contact senators about farm bill
    The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and three other Catholic organizations are asking Catholics to urge their senators "to support a Farm Bill that feeds hungry ...
  9. Dublin's archbishop, Irish prime minister clash on proposed abortion law
    Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has protested that a proposed change in Ireland's ban on abortion could lead to the death of unborn children who are capable of independent survival ...
  10. Escalating violence in Nigeria; prominent Protestant pastor murdered
    Amid escalating violence committed by the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states. Shortly ...
  11. Vatican envoy: consumerism, attitudes towards women help foster human trafficking
    Addressing a UN meeting on human trafficking, a leading Vatican diplomat called upon the international community to take "concrete actions on the ground" against human trafficking and to ...
  12. Failure to repent sin is fundamental problem, Pope tells congregation
    "The problem is not that we are sinners," Pope Francis told the congregation at his morning Mass on May 17. "The problem is not repenting of sin, not being ashamed of what we have ...
  13. Cardinal Dolan not questioning governor's Catholic standing, spokesman says
    After New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan told a radio interviewer that he has talked directly with Governor Andrew Cuomo about the latter's standing in the Church, a spokesman for the ...
  14. New Hampshire diocese settles case about priest's questions to boy in confessional
    The Manchester, New Hampshire diocese has agreed to pay $2,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a couple who charged that a priest had asked their son inappropriate questions during a ...
  15. Syrian prelate: �tolls' extracted by rebels have dramatically increased price of food
    A Syrian Catholic prelate has told the Fides news agency that "tolls" levied by rebels have increased the price of food "almost tenfold" in some areas of the country. "The militias of ...
  16. English bishops urge House of Commons not to approve same-sex marriage
    Archbishops Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Peter Smith of Southwark are urging members of the House of Commons not to alter the definition of marriage to include homosexual couples. ...
  17. Missionary work is a demand, not an option, for all Christians: Pope
    Pope Francis met on May 17 with directors of the Pontifical Missionary Works (POM), and urged them to "keep evangelization, the paradigm of every act of the Church, alive." The Pope ...
  18. Pope's liturgical schedule for May-June-July
    The Vatican has released the public schedule of liturgical ceremonies at which Pope Francis will preside during the months of May, June, and July 2013. During the remaining days of May, ...
  19. Italian police arrest suspected 'Anonymous' hackers
    Italian police have arrested four suspected members of the internet hackers' collaborative known as "Anonymous," who are believed to be responsible for attacks on the internet sites of the ...
  20. Vatican conference focus on new sects, religious movements
    About 40 Church officials participated in a May 16 conference at the Vatican on the challenges posed by new sects. The conference participants, drawn from different Vatican offices and ...
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