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Arizona bishops welcome judge's decision on immigration law
The bishops of Arizona welcomed a federal judge's July 28 ruling that prevented parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect. "We, the Roman Catholic Bishops in ...

Homosexuality is a disorder, former Vatican prefect emphasizes
The gay community in Chile is reacting with indignation to recent comments by 83-year-old Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez, who led the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of ...

Irish priests form new organization, call for 'reevaluation of Catholic sexual teaching'
Distressed by the Irish hierarchy's response to the abuse scandal, some Irish priests are forming a new association whose aim is to represent the nation's priests in their dealings with ...

Australian archbishop concerned by prime minister's atheism
An Australian archbishop has expressed concern that the nation's new prime minister, Julia Gillard, is an atheist. The prime minister assumed office on June 24. "While there is no ...

Peruvian bishops: Do not forget the poor
In a July 28 independence day message, the bishops of Peru called upon the nation's citizens to remember the needs of the poorest Peruvians. "The situation of Peru's poorest citizens ...

Probation for Tennessee priest who admitted molestation
A 76-year-old Tennessee priest who admitted committing homosexual abuse in the late 1970s was sentenced to two years' probation and a $500 fine on July 28. Warren Tucker alleges that ...

Sudan's bishops issue pastoral letter on southern secession
Sudan's bishops have issued a pastoral letter on the January 2011 referendum that will determine whether the southern part of the nation secedes and forms a new nation. Noting that the ...

El Salvador bishop rips Arizona immigration law
El Salvador's leading prelate has called for the repeal of Arizona's controversial immigration law. "We are all against the law," said Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador. ...

Africa needs to become self-reliant, prelates agree
Leading African prelates called for encouragement of native entrepreneurs during a meeting of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Cardinal Francis Arinze, the ...

Canadian Anglicans to apply for incorporation as Catholic ordinariate
Traditionalist Anglicans in Canada have voted overwhelmingly in favor of union with the Roman Catholic Church. The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC), meeting for a provincial ...

9 abuse allegations against 1st Episcopal bishop to ordain a woman
A bishop of the Episcopal Church has announced that he is aware of at least nine allegations of sexual abuse against one of his predecessors. On July 11, Bishop Sean Rowe of the ...

Vatican enforcing rules on modesty in dress
The Vatican is enforcing longstanding rules requiring modesty in dress. Tourists visiting St. Peter's basilica, and natives of Rome using the Vatican pharmacy or post office, are being ...

Omaha: archbishop rallies opposition to Planned Parenthood clinic
Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha has called the faithful to organize in opposition to the opening of a new Planned Parenthood clinic in the Nebraska city. "Make your voice heard in ...

Amid explosive Church growth, African bishops meet
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) began its fifteenth plenary assembly in Accra on July 27. The theme of the assembly-- the first since last October's ...

Cure may lead to Michigan bishop's beatification
The Diocese of Marquette (Michgian) has completed its investigation into a cure attributed to the intercession of the Servant of God Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), a Slovenian missionary who ...

Cambodian Catholics: genocide figure deserved harsher sentence
Some Cambodian Catholics have complained that the 35-year prison sentence imposed on a key figure in the genocidal regime of the 1970s is too light, UCAN reports. Kaing Guek Eay, ...

Catholic college revives medieval-style guilds, explores merger
A New Hampshire Catholic college is establishing medieval-style guilds in woodworking, baking, sacred art, and music to complement its academic curriculum. "It is important for students ...

Radio Free Europe commentary cites Russian Patriarch's ambitions
In a commentary for Radio Free Europe (RFE), Vitaly Portnikov argues that Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is seeking to assert greater control over the Orthodox world, particularly in ...

Philippine bishops emphasize opposition to sex education, population control bills
On the eve of President Benigno Aquino III's first state of the nation address, the Philippine bishops issued a pastoral exhortation denouncing legislative proposals on sex education and ...

Pakistani bishop laments failure to arrest Christians' murderers
Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad-- the city in which two Christian brothers were murdered on July 19 following their acquittal on blasphemy charges-- is again urging Pakistani police to ...

Poll: California Catholics strongly support homosexual unions
A survey of over 3,000 Californians conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute in June has found that Catholics strongly support the legal recognition of homosexual ...

New York priest changes mind, won't sell convent for use as mosque
Following heated controversy, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York will not sell an unused parish convent to the Muslim American Society for use as a mosque. Father Keith Fennessy ...

Spain fines TV network for airing ads criticizing gay demonstrations
The Spanish government has imposed a �100,000 fine on the Intereconomia television network for broadcasting ads that criticized homosexual demonstrators. The ads included footage of ...

English Church official: drop time limit for cases against clerical abusers
The head of child-protection efforts for the Catholic bishops of England and Wales has said that the Vatican should remove any statute of limitations for disciplinary action against ...

Archbishop Dolan rips <i>New York Times</i> coverage of Pope
Singling out The New York Times, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York blasted media coverage of the Vatican's revised norms for the clerical abuse of minors and other exceptionally serious ...

Jesuit theologian sees 'relativism' on the right
Speaking to Vatican Radio after an international theological convention in Trent, an American Jesuit said that the Church needs to "find the tradition as it needs to be now, in light of ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch faces angry protests in Ukraine
A visit by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine has been marred by angry protests leading to multiple arrests, frustrating the Russian prelate's efforts to promote Orthodox unity. ...

Controversy as Florida bishop removes popular priest from parish
Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice (Florida) has placed a popular Polish priest on administrative leave for unspecified reasons. "If you worked at the bank or Naples Daily News and these ...

Newly discovered painting is not Caravaggio's work: Vatican museum director
The director of the Vatican Museums has disclosed that a recently discovered painting, which L'Osservatore Romano identified as the work of Caravaggio, is actually the work of a lesser ...

British Jesuits will appeal record sex-abuse judgment
Jesuit officials in Great Britain plan to appeal a court's decision ordering a payment of nearly $8 million to a sex-abuse victim. The judgment--the largest ever in Britain for such a ...

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