http://www.catholicculture.org/news/ CWN provides reliable world news and commentary from a Catholic perspective, availble exclusively at CatholicCulture.org. en-us http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4566 On the eve of her decision to permit a vote on the pro-life Stupak amendment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi telephoned Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in Rome, according to the Associated Press. ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:08 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4575 Reacting to public statements by Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, who had questioned whether he met "the basic requirements of being a Catholic," Congressman Patrick Kennedy said that he ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:32:47 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4579 At his regular weekly public audience on November 11, Pope Benedict XVI spoke on the enormous influence exerted by the Benedictine abbey at Cluny on European society and culture in the ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:10:24 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4568 The Pontifical Academy of Science has concluded a five-day study week devoted to the emerging field of astrobiology, the scientific study of extraterrestrial life. "This is a quite ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:50:46 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4576 The Catholic bishops of Ireland have released a "pastoral reflection on climate change," entitled The Cry of the Earth, calling for an "ecological conversion" among the faithful and ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:39:18 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4567 In a message to Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president of Italian Episcopal Conference, Pope Benedict has encouraged the Italian hierarchy to confront "the great questions of the modern age": ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:49:08 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4573 A group of conservative Anglican prelates has welcomed Pope Benedict's "gracious" invitation, but said that "this is not the time to abandon the Anglican communion." The bishops of ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:24:16 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4577 A Chinese 'underground' bishop who caused consternation among his people when he joined the government-backed Patriotic Association has told the AsiaNews service that he took the step for ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:49:34 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4569 Father Bernard Cloutier has been sentenced to five years in prison for abusing teenage altar boys. The Ontario priest was convicted of four counts of indecent assault and gross indecency ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:52:02 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4571 Father Hidalberto Henrique Guimaraes, 48, a priest of the northeastern Brazilian Archdiocese of Maceió, has become the fourth Brazilian priest to be murdered since June. "The priest ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:55:16 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4574 By threatening war with Colombia and with the United States, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is trying to distract attention from the domestic crisis in his own country, charged ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:25:43 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4578 At the conclusion of his public audience on November 11, Pope Benedict XVI asked for international help for Sri Lanka as that country emerges from the aftermath of a long and bitter civil ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:52:14 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4570 In presenting their Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award to Brigitte Gynther, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is highlighting the plight of Florida agricultural ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:54:26 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4572 Terry Mattingly points out that secular journalists covering the US House of Representatives were caught off guard when Speaker Pelosi reluctantly agreed to allow a vote on the Stupak ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:46:07 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4560 By a mutual decision, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence and Representative Patrick Kennedy-- the son of the late Senator Edward Kennedy-- have postponed their meeting to discuss the ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:13:41 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4559 Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, praised the House of Representatives for "reaffirm[ing] the longstanding and widely ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:30 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4561 Speaking at a conference held at the Italian Senate, three missionaries serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that the "silent genocide" that has claimed the lives of 5.4 ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:14:45 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4562 Relations between the Church and the Zambian government have reached their low point following a government minister's claim that the Church, in the words of a leading Zambian newspaper, ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:16:13 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4565 Bishop Richard Williamson, the traditionalist prelate whose public statements questioning the severity of the Holocaust precipitated an uproar, has entered an appeal of a German court's ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:12:35 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4563 Church leaders in Mexico are consulting with fellow clergy in Colombia and Italy for assistance in responding to drug cartels' violent grip on parts of the country. The secretary general ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:17:39 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4564 In a telephone interview with a Minnesota newspaper, US Ambassador to the Holy See Miguel Diaz declined to discuss how he reconciles the Church's teaching on abortion with the Obama ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:18:56 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4551 The Vatican has released the full text of an apostolic constitution in which Pope Benedict XVI makes provision for Anglicans seeking corporate union with the Catholic Church. The text, ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:19:31 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4545 In a pro-life legislative victory that both sides are calling the most significant since the ban on partial-birth abortion, the House of Representatives voted 240-194 on November 7 to bar ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:03 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4552 Pope Benedict XVI flew from Rome to Brescia, Italy, on November 8 for a one-day visit to the diocese that was home to Pope Paul VI. Arriving in Brescia in the morning, he paused to ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:48:17 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4547 A Canadian judge has determined that retired Bishop Gérard Dionne thwarted a 1983 police investigation into Father Bernard Cloutier's sexual abuse of five teenage boys. Father Cloutier ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:14:54 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4548 Rajnath Singh, leader of India's popular Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has called for an end of the "mass conversions illegally carried out by Christians in India, ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:15:51 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4549 The Christian Federation of Malaysia is demanding that the nation's government release the 15,000 Bibles confiscated because they use the word "Allah" to refer to God. "It is baseless to ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:16:45 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4557 Government leaders in Pakistan convened a meeting with Christian leaders to open a discussion on possible changes in the country's blasphemy laws. Christians have complained that the laws ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:06:39 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4546 In view of the December 7-18 UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, the Council of European Bishops' Conferences has joined the Conference of European Churches in calling for strong ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:13:54 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4553 Pope Benedict XVI met on November 9 with participants in a conference organized by the Pontifical Council for Migrants, and said that the worldwide phenomenon of migration "has assumed ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:04:04 GMT