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US bishops leader warns: gay-friendly group not in line with Church teaching
The president of the US bishops' conference has issued a reminder that New Ways Ministry, a Maryland-based group that works with homosexuals and lesbians, "has no approval or recognition ...

Mounting German abuse scandal: nearly 100 Church workers suspected
Nearly 100 German priests and Church lay workers-- only 30 of whom have faced prosecution-- are suspected of abusing children, according to a survey of German dioceses conducted by Der ...

Abortion debate could enliven meeting of Pontifical Academy for Life
This week's meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life could produce fireworks, according to veteran Vatican-watcher Sandro Magister, because some members of the Academy have lost ...

Protecting marriage is protecting children, Pope tells Pontifical Council
Pope Benedict XVI met on February 8 with members of the Pontifical Council for the Family, who have gathered for their plenary meeting under the direction of the council's president' ...

Dublin's Archbishop Martin rejects complaints about his stand on abuse
Dublin's Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has indicated that he will not be deterred by critics-- including many within the Irish clergy-- who have complained about his willingness to criticize ...

Justice still lacking in Orissa, Catholic prelate reports
Reconciliation cannot come to India's troubled Orissa state unless the Christian minority receives justice after a series of violent attacks, said the region's leading Catholic prelate. ...

Recognize weakness, rely on God, defend life: Pope's Angelus message
During his Angelus audience on Sunday, February 7, Pope Benedict XVI said that sinful man must "recognize his own poverty and inadequacy, his own limits and sin," in order to open himself ...

Philippine prelate blasts pro-abortion candidates, US promotion of population control
Archbishop Paciano Aniceto of San Fernando, president of the Philippine bishops' Commission on Family and Life, denounced efforts by the United Nations and the UnitedS States to promote ...

Leading Anglican prelate dismisses Pope's establishment of ordinariates
A leading Anglican prelate has dismissed Pope Benedict's decision to create ordinariates in which Anglican communities that seek full communion with the Holy See would be permitted to ...

Cardinal Pell bars dissident group from parish property
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia, has ordered a parish priest not to allow a dissident group, Australian Reforming Catholics, to hold its annual meeting in a church hall. The ...

Guatemala's spiritual strengths should counter social ills, Pope tells envoy
Meeting on February 6 with a new ambassador from Guatemala to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the country's "abundant spiritual heritage," and particularly the Marian devotion ...

Catholic agencies urge US government: protect Haitian children, promote family reunification
The heads of five Catholic relief agencies have urged three US cabinet secretaries to increase American efforts to protect Haitian children who are unaccompanied by adults. "Family ...

Pakistan: lawyers intimidate witnesses, observers at trial of Christian girl's accused killer
The accused murderer of a 12-year-old Christian girl may escape punishment, because lawyers are being threatened with death if they aid the prosecution, according to the Center for Legal ...

Over 20,000 attend Chinese bishop's funeral
A massive congregation estimated at over 20,000 people gathered for the funeral of Bishop Raymond Wang Chnglin of Zhaoxian on February 8. The bishop, who died at the age of 88, had spent ...

Egypt completes restoration of world's oldest monastery
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has completed an eight-year, $14.5-million restoration of the world's oldest monastery, which was founded by disciples of St. Anthony (251-356), the ...

Saudi police use 'unlimited powers' against religious freedom, jailed Christian reports
A Christian man who spent 7 months in a Saudi prison after being found guilty of "proselytizing" reports that religious freedom is unknown in the country. Brian Savio O'Connor said that ...

Pope applauds Italian firm's environmental focus
Pope Benedict XVI met on February 6 with representatives of Rome's power company, ACEA, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The Pontiff praised the firms for its "commitment to ...

Satanic-themed video games on the rise
An increasing number of video games are glorifying Satan, according to an article posted on the web site of Johnette Benkovic's Living His Life Abundantly. In one game (Tecmo's Deception: ...

Marian scholar raises new questions on Medjugorje phenomena
A noted German Marian theologian has raised new questions about the authenticity of the reported apparitions at Medjugorje. In an interview with the German newspaper Die Tagespost ...

Pope's words spark debate in England
Looking forward to Pope Benedict's September trip to Great Britain, Time magazine notes that the Holy Father's toughly worded statement against provisions of the "Equality Law" will ensure ...

Curial cardinal denounces secularization of religious life in Europe, North America
Denouncing the embrace of secularism that has characterized some European and North American religious communities in recent decades, Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect of the Congregation for ...

Combat 'rising tide of secularism,' Pope urges Scottish bishops
Speaking to a group of visiting Scottish bishops on February 5, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to combat the "rising tide of secularism in your country." The Holy Father observed that the ...

Haitian bishop: 180,000 dead, 1.5 million homeless
Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, president of Caritas Haiti, told a press conference in Rome on February 3 that last month's earthquake has left 180,000 dead, 185,000 ...

Cardinal Zen defends underground Church in China, criticizes government's Patriotic Association
Following the publication of an article in the Italian magazine 30 Giorni, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has defended his criticism of Communist China's Catholic Patriotic Association and ...

Cardinal Brady welcomes settlement in Northern Ireland
Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, has issued a statement to "warmly welcome" news that an agreement has been struck settling the questions of policing and ...

Obama appointee to Justice department sought to silence bishops on abortion
The US Senate judiciary committee has postponed a vote on the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice department. Johnsen's nomination by President ...

English bishops celebrate Mass at site of Newman's ordination
Joined by Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster offered Mass in ...

Police chief: Archbishop Listecki untruthful to state senators about abuse reporting policy
The police chief of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is alleging that Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee spoke untruthfully to the state senate judiciary committee on January 12 about the ...

British Christian group urges government to cancel Haiti's debt
Christian Aid has presented a petition to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling, calling for prompt action to eliminate the foreign debt owed by Haiti. The Christian Aid ...

Italian pro-lifer wins European party chairmanship
Luca Volonte, an Italian pro-lifer, has been elected chairman of the European People's Party, defeating a liberal rival. The new chairman was immediately presented with a number of ...

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