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Catholics pray for peace after Lahore bombings kill 60, injure 100
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 3/15/2010
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNS) -- Prayers for peace were offered at a Mass and at prayer services in Lahore March 14, two days after a series of deadly bombings left 60 people dead and 100 injured.
Vatican defends efforts by pope, church to curb sex abuse by priests
By John Thavis
Posted: 3/15/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Amid new disclosures of priestly sex abuse cases in Europe, including one in the German archdiocese formerly headed by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican strongly defended the church's response to the crisis and said the pope has led the effort to root out "filth" in the church.
Rebellion can be stage on way to mature relation with God, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 3/15/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Youthful rebellion against God can be dangerous, but it also can be a sign that a person is maturing and needs to find God for himself or herself, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Church officials defend celibacy, reject link to sex abuse by priests
By John Thavis
Posted: 3/15/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As the Year for Priests moves into its final phase, a chorus of Vatican officials and experts has defended priestly celibacy and rejected the idea that celibacy has anything to do with sexual abuse by priests.
Visiting Lutheran parish, pope says sin is root of Christian divisions
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 3/15/2010
ROME (CNS) -- Human sinfulness has fractured the unity that should mark the Christian community, so Christians have a responsibility to work and pray to heal their divisions, Pope Benedict XVI said during a visit to a German Lutheran church in Rome.
Anglicans entering Catholic Church should blend well, cardinal says
By Deborah Gyapong
Posted: 3/12/2010
KINGSTON, Ontario (CNS) -- Groups of Anglicans entering into communion with the Catholic Church will not absorbed the way "a teaspoon of sugar would be lost in a gallon of coffee," said Cardinal William Levada, prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.
100 traditionalist Anglican parishes seek to join Catholic Church
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 3/12/2010
ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- About 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes in the United States have decided to join the Catholic Church as a group.
Haitian students lend a hand in earthquake recovery efforts
By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service
Posted: 3/12/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- Colonb Mitsuka was on a playground at Louverture Cleary School when the massive magnitude 7 earthquake shook Haiti Jan. 12, causing a cinder block to fall on her, significantly injuring her face.
God renews, does not reinvent church, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 3/12/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Second Vatican Council's renewal of the Catholic Church was a sign of progress, not a sign of repudiating the past, Pope Benedict XVI said.
No greater love: Speakers say celibacy mirrors Jesus’ love for all
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 3/12/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Exceptions to celibacy for priests in the Roman Catholic Church can be puzzling, including for young priests enthusiastic about their vocation.
Pope to visit Santiago de Compostela, Barcelona in November
By Sarah Delaney
Posted: 3/12/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day trip to Spain in November, visiting the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, the Vatican announced March 3.
Homilies should be under eight minutes long, says head of synod office
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 3/12/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Homilies should be no longer than eight minutes -- a listener's average attention span, said the head of the synod office.
Pope’s brother apologizes to abuse victims at his former school
By Jonathan Luxmoore
Posted: 3/9/2010
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- The brother of Pope Benedict XVI apologized to child victims of sexual abuse at his former school even though he said he was unaware of the alleged incidents.
Caritas struggles to reach rural victims of Chilean earthquake
By Barbara J. Fraser
Posted: 3/5/2010
LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- While media attention focuses on looting in Concepcion, the largest city near the epicenter of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake Feb. 27, Catholic Church workers struggle to reach quake victims in rural areas who are far from the spotlight.
Pope offers prayers for Iraq, asks government to protect minorities
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 3/5/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI said that during his weeklong Lenten retreat he frequently prayed for all the victims of violence in Iraq, especially members of the country's Christian minority.
US medical teams in Haiti refocus medical care on chronic illnesses
By Tom Tracy Catholic News Service
Posted: 3/5/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- On her second medical mission to Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake, Patty Skoglund, a disaster response expert with Scripps Health in San Diego, sees an evolution in medical treatment taking place.
Pope to canonize Mary MacKillop, Andre Bessette Oct. 17
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 2/26/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will create six new saints Oct. 17, including Blessed Mary MacKillop, who will be Australia's first saint, and the Canadian Blessed Andre Bessette, who will be the first saint of the Holy Cross Brothers.
Olympic prodigy trades skates for sandals of Franciscan sister
By Simon Caldwell
Posted: 2/26/2010
LONDON (CNS) -- In the silence of St Joseph's Convent in Leeds each morning, Sister Catherine dresses herself in a gray habit. She fixes a black veil on her head and fastens to her waist a cord tied into three knots -- representing the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience -- and she slips her feet into the sandals of a Franciscan nun.
Church statistics show increase in Catholics, priests, seminarians
By John Thavis
Posted: 2/22/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The latest Vatican statistics show a slight increase in Catholics as a percentage of the world's population, and a slow but steady rise in the number of priests and seminarians worldwide.
Nun says Australian’s sainthood cause delayed by unfounded claims
By Anthony Barich
Posted: 2/22/2010
PERTH, Australia (CNS) -- Blessed Mary MacKillop's sainthood cause was delayed by accusations that she was a drunk because she drank brandy for menstrual pain, said the head of the order the Australian nun co-founded in 1866.
Irish-Vatican summit on sex abuse ends with call for courage, honesty
By John Thavis and Sarah Delaney
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The latest Vatican statistics show a slight increase in Catholics as a percentage of the world's population, and a slow but steady rise in the number of priests and seminarians worldwide.
Church’s care for sick is an invaluable gift to the world, pope says
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The pastoral care of the sick and infirm is a priceless gift the church offers to those who suffer, to their families and to the world, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Politicians who support gay marriage are not Catholic, says cardinal
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Public officials who openly support same-sex marriage cannot consider themselves to be Catholic, said an Italian cardinal.
Abandon superficiality in favor of complete conversion, says pope
By Carol Glatz and Cindy Wooden
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Lenten season calls Christians to strip themselves of evil, superficiality and lukewarm morality and to turn themselves fully over to Jesus Christ, said Pope Benedict XVI.
Sainthood scoop: Book on the "real" John Paul II snubbed at Vatican
By John Thavis
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When it was unveiled in late January, the insider book about the "real" Pope John Paul II looked at first glance like the Vatican's own effort at a pre-beatification biography.
Pontiff to future priests: Christianity is a gift
By Mirko Testa
Posted: 2/19/2010
ROME (Zenit) -- Christianity does not consist of respecting external norms, but rather of penetrating the mystery of God, says Benedict XVI.
Mosul archbishop says Christians live in panic, targeted in killings
By Simon Caldwell
Posted: 2/19/2010
LONDON (CNS) -- The killings of four Iraqi Christians in as many days could prompt a wave of refugees fleeing northern Iraq, where Christians live in constant state of panic, said a Catholic archbishop.
Replacement of head of Academy for Life urged by five members
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 2/19/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Several members of the Pontifical Academy for Life have suggested that the academy's president, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, be replaced because he "does not understand what absolute respect for innocent human lives entails."
Irish abuse victims disappointed, angered by Vatican statement
By Michael Kelly
Posted: 2/18/2010
DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) -- Victims of clerical child sexual abuse and groups representing them reacted with a mix of anger and disappointment to a Vatican statement issued after a papal meeting with Irish bishops.
Irish-Vatican summit on sex abuse ends with call for courage, honesty
By John Thavis
Posted: 2/16/2010
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI said priestly sexual abuse was a "heinous crime" and a grave sin, and he urged Irish bishops to act courageously to repair their failures to deal properly with such cases.
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