Catholic News

  1. 1,000 Christian families fled Mosul in 10-day period - Violence against Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul-- the modern name for ancient Nineveh-- has led over 1,000 Christian families to flee in the past ten days, Syrian Catholic ...
  2. At UN, Vatican envoy denounces 'gender ideology' - The Vatican's representative at the UN has denounced gender ideology, saying that the approach has harmed rather than helped women. Speaking at a UN session on gender equality, ...
  3. Attorneys distance themselves from recent claims against Legion of Christ founder - Attorneys representing an alleged former lover of Father Marcial Maciel and her children have severed ties with the family because their recent public accusations differed "in some ...
  4. Bishops, Albany mayor honor nun who touts free needles for drug abusers - Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany have presented an award to Sister Maureen Joyce to honor her decades of service to Catholic Charities. "It is ...
  5. Cardinal Levada: 'Union with the Catholic Church is the goal of ecumenism' - In a lengthy address delivered in Canada on March 6, Cardinal William Levada, prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, stated that the reception of communities of ...
  6. Cardinal sees need to 'clean up' Church after sex-abuse scandal - Cardinal Walter Kasper said that the sex-abuse scandals now arising in several countries point to the need for "a wider analysis, for maybe the whole Church and not just one country." ...
  7. Christians in Holy Land depend on Good Friday collection - The Vatican has asked bishops throughout the world to encourage participation in the annual Good Friday collection that is dedicated to the needs of the Church in the Holy Land. In a ...
  8. Dutch bishops commission independent abuse inquiry - The Dutch Catholic bishops have called upon a former government minister to head an independent commission investigating sex-abuse complaints. Citing more than 200 reports of abuse filed ...
  9. German Church faces pressure as abuse inquiry broadens - Pressure is mounting on Church officials in Germany to provide a thorough accounting of sex-abuse complaints. And the country's justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has ...
  10. Government programs cannot replace private charity, Pope says - Government programs can never replace private charity, Pope Benedict XVI said at an audience on March 6. The Holy Father met on Saturday, March 6, with members of the Italian volunteer ...
  11. Jesuit university hosts abortion advocates at forum - Abortion advocates will dominate a "Global Women's Rights Forum" at the University of San Francisco-- a Jesuit institution-- on March ...
  12. Kansas bishops blast proposal to tax religious nonprofits - The Kansas House of Representatives is debating legislation that would compel religious nonprofits to pay sales taxes. "As originally drafted, House Bill 2549 would have repealed the ...
  13. Muslims slaughter hundreds of Christians in Nigeria - Muslim gangs attacked three villages in central Nigeria and killed up to 400 Christians in pre-dawn attacks on March 7. "The shooting was just meant to bring people from their houses, and ...
  14. Natural disasters give cause for reflection, Pope tells Sunday audience - "The possibility of conversion demands that we learn to read the events of life in the light of faith," Pope Benedict XVI said at his midday audience on Sunday, March 7. The Pope said ...
  15. Nigerian massacres: a 'horror' but not a religious conflict - The Vatican has expressed "concern and horror" at the mass killings of Christians in Nigeria. A March 9 statement from the Vatican press office made the point that although the ...
  16. Pakistan: Christians, not Muslims, arrested following attack on Christians - In the weeks following a February attack on Christian churches and homes in Pakistan's largest city, police have questioned 40 Christians and arrested five, according to a report published ...
  17. Polish Catholics, Russian Orthodox seek to ease tensions through talks - Polish Catholic leaders have opened ecumenical talks with the Russian Orthodox Church in a bid to improve the historically strained relations between the two countries. A joint statement ...
  18. Two House Democrats vow: no vote for health-care bill without pro-life language - A Democratic lawmaker who voted to approve the health-care reform in the House of Representatives has said that he will not support the Senate version of the legislation unless a pro-life ...
  19. Utah women who seek illegal abortions face homicide charges - Gov. Gary Herbert of Utah has signed a law under which women who seek abortions from someone other than a doctor may be charged with homicide. The Utah legislature passed the law after a ...
  20. Vatican rejects 'wall of silence' charge on sex-abuse complaints - The Vatican has released a statement defending Church responses to sex-abuse complaints, and rejecting the charge by a German cabinet member that the Vatican was building a "wall of ...