March 14, 2014 CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS
Cardinal Marx elected German bishops’ president, preaches on divorce, remarriage CWN - 17 hours ago
The German bishops have elected Cardinal Reinhard Marx to a six-year term as president of the nation’s episcopal conference, one of the most influential in the Church. Cardinal Marx succeeds...
Cardinal Bertone gives account of 2013 conclave CWN - 8 hours ago
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the former Vatican Secretary of State, offers his perspective on the conclave that elected Pope Francis, in a candid interview with La Stampa. Cardinal Angelo Scola of...
Christian neighborhoods in Pakistan’s capital face demolition; church destroyed CWN - 16 hours ago
A Pakistani judge has ordered a municipal agency in Islamabad, the nation’s capital, to demolish at least ten poor neighborhoods in which 5,000 Christian families live, according to a Fides news...
Portuguese Cardinal Policarpo dies suddenly at 78 CWN - 7 hours ago
Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, the former Patriarch of Lisbon, died suddenly on March 13 at the age of 78. Cardinal Policarpo had been on retreat at Fatima when he suffered chest pains. He was...
Czech priest awarded Templeton Prize CWN - 16 hours ago
A Czech priest who is a professor at Charles University in Prague has been awarded the $1.8-million Templeton Prize, which honors “a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to...
Class-action lawsuit filed against HHS mandate CWN - 18 hours ago
A recently-formed association of nearly 200 Catholic employers has filed a class-action lawsuit to bar enforcement of the HHS mandate, which compels many religious employers to offer insurance...
USCCB president writes President Obama, lauds efforts to work for peace CWN - 19 hours ago
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has written President Barack Obama to commend his administration’s efforts to seek...
Pope's popularity riding high in Italian poll CWN - 7 hours ago
Pope Francis enjoys enormous popularity in Italy on the 1st anniversary of his election, a new poll shows. A survey by the Eurispes Institute found that 87% approval of the Pope, with only 4.5%...
Leading Nigerian prelates lament Boko Haram’s violence CWN - 17 hours ago
Leading Nigerian prelates have decried the violence inflicted by the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram, the Fides news agency reported. “I have just returned from Europe. Anywhere I...
Russian Orthodox prayer services to be held in Paris’s Notre Dame CWN - 16 hours ago
The Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonese (Korsun) in France has reached an agreement with the Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris to hold a weekly Lenten prayer service there, according to the...
Striking Israeli diplomatic workers complicate planning for papal trip CWN - March 12
A work stoppage by workers in Israel’s diplomatic service is complicating plans for a papal visit to the Holy Land, and could endanger that trip, the AsiaNews service reports. Last week the...
Vatican official: mercy comes first in approach to divorced/remarried CWN - March 12
Looking forward to the October meeting of the Synod of Bishops, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family has said that the status of Catholics who are divorced and remarried “should be...
Father Lombardi reflects on anniversary of Pope's election CWN - March 12
To mark the 1st anniversary of the election of Pope Francis, the head of the Vatican press office released a statement noting the “great dynamism” that the new Pope has provided for the...
Vatican newspaper offers glimpse into Pope's Lenten Retreat CWN - March 12
As Pope Francis and the leaders of the Roman Curia continue their week-long Lenten Retreat, L’Osservatore Romano has offered a glimpse of the spiritual exercises, summarizing a meditation offered by...
Archbishop Nienstedt resumes public ministry, will not be prosecuted CWN - March 12
Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis, who removed himself from public ministry in December after being accused of inappropriately touching a minor’s buttocks during a...
Pennsylvania priest charged with embezzling $124,000 from parish CWN - March 12
A priest of the Diocese of Greensburg has been arraigned on charges of stealing $124,000 from his parish between 2008 and 2011. Father Emil Payer, 69, reportedly “drained funds from parish bank...
Ontario Catholic school student files homophobia complaint with human rights commission CWN - March 12
A student at a French-language Catholic school in Canada has alleged that he is the victim of homophobia and has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Christopher Karas,...
Report: US investigating clerical abuse in Puerto Rico; bishop accused CWN - March 12
Unidentified “US authorities” are investigating the alleged clerical abuse of minors in Puerto Rico, the Associated Press reported. A wave of abuse allegations has swept the island since...
Churches attacked, desecrated in Venezuela CWN - March 12
Amid civil unrest in Venezuela, churches have been attacked. “Some churches that are located in places where the conflict was high were attacked by violent groups,” said an official of the...
Prelate renews appeal for Japan’s earthquake victims CWN - March 12
Three years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people, the president of Caritas Japan renewed his appeal for prayers and financial assistance. “After the disaster, in the...
US bishops issue statement on anniversary of Pope Francis’s election CWN - March 12
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Administrative Committee has issued a statement on the anniversary of Pope Francis’s election. “In his first year in office, Pope Francis has...
Boko Haram death toll: over 500 Catholics in Nigeria CWN - March 11
Boko Haram terrorists have killed more than 500 Catholics in Nigeria, and destroyed 20 churches and rectories, since launching their violent campaign in 2009, the Fides news service reports. The...
Cadillac that carried Pope Paul across Holy Land in 1964 offered for visit by Pope Francis CWN - March 11
The Maronite Catholic Church has suggested that during his visit to the Holy Land in May, Pope Francis could use the same Cadillac that carried Pope Paul VI when he made his visit there in 1964, the...
India: police search for clues in case of murdered seminary rector CWN - March 11
Police in Bangalore, India, have applied truth-serum tests to two priests as they seek evidence about the unsolved murder of a seminary rector. Father K.J. Thomas was found dead at St. Joseph’s...
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