http://www.catholicculture.org/news/ CWN provides reliable world news and commentary from a Catholic perspective, availble exclusively at CatholicCulture.org. en-us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/rnplItbt6eE/index.cfm The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of the Obama administration's policy calling for mandatory coverage of contraception and ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:38:29 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13275 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/OJN8R4YFg7g/index.cfm New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan has indicated that he would welcome any sign that the Obama administration is prepared to back away from its mandate requiring coverage of contraception ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:46 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13273 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/dZtcFsSKw40/index.cfm For the 3rd time in the past 10 days, the press office of the Holy See has issued a new public defense against charges of corruption in Vatican financial affairs. In a February 9 ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:55:46 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13279 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/gpmoGBWviFU/index.cfm Opposition to legal recognition of same-sex marriage has eased in the US in recent months, and Catholics now support same-sex marriage by a narrow margin, according to a new opinion survey ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:12 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13271 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/CspFQN7m5YQ/index.cfm Speaking at a Vatican-sponsored conference on sexual abuse, the Archbishop of Manila warned that Asian countries might soon see a spate of reports about clerical abuse. "Though the ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:05 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/jwt1Ejt0XUs/index.cfm Legislators in the state of Washington voted on February 8 to give legal recognition to same-sex marriage. The new definition of marriage will go into effect when Governor Christine ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:05:04 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13281 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/vTrQ8_AS-Gs/index.cfm Defense attorneys representing Philadelphia priests in a sex-abuse trial have called upon the presiding judge to step down, pointing to statements that indicate her clear bias against the ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:18 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13267 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/96vQd7S7Nl4/index.cfm With the conclusion of a 4-day conference at the Gregorian University on the Church's response to sexual abuse, Vatican officials have announced the launching of a multi-lingual internet ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:02:03 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13280 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/2WbSdSi8AI4/index.cfm The Catholic bishops of Ireland have taken issue with comments made by a noted Irish psychologist during a conference on sexual abuse at the Gregorian University. Baroness Sheila ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:37:54 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13274 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/u6Dy5wgmfwQ/index.cfm Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to preach the annual Lenten Retreat for the Roman Curia. The African cardinal, who received ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:22:34 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13284 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/Bg_YJenleAw/index.cfm Muslim zealots in a village outside Alexandria, Egypt, have driven Coptic Christians out of the community, burning homes and shops, with the acquiescence of local police. The 62 Coptic ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:58 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13268 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/qWp48QK23Co/index.cfm In a new background/analysis piece summarizing the state of the debate on the HHS mandate, Rachel Zoll of AP remarks that President Obama's public stand has managed to infuriate both ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:33:53 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13269 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/HjZpVGnpVsQ/index.cfm Opening a new offensive against the "culture of life," two ethicists have argued that doctors might sometimes be justified in deliberately causing the death of their patients, if the vital ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:03 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13278 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/S9VZjyRGMVk/index.cfm The Vatican newspaper has called attention to a US federal court ruling that Proposition 8, which would bar homosexual marriages in California, is unconstitutional. That ruling is "another ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:10:05 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13282 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/ji6ezjtHlzQ/index.cfm The US Catholic bishops have been adamant in their insistence that the political debate on the Obama mandate involves religious freedom, not contraception. Nevertheless their determination ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:38:40 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13277 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/FMVbV1GAklQ/index.cfm New York Times columnist Ross Douthat explains why surveys showing widespread use of contraceptives among Catholics are irrelevant to the current debate on the HHS mandate. Douthat ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:34:38 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13270 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/57QBw7Iv7C8/index.cfm National Review explains 3 points that ordinary Americans might want to know--but probably won't learn from the mainstream media--about the Obama mandate: It's an abortifacient mandate; ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:34:48 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13276 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/3SHETasw3xM/index.cfm Vatican officials have announced the approval of an official logo for the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations that will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. The logo, designed by Brazilian ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:47 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13283 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/20dFMR_rZ8E/index.cfm The Vatican's top prosecutor in sex-abuse cases has said that bishops must be held accountable for their handling of such cases. Msgr. Charles Scicluna, the promoter of justice at the ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:27:42 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13254 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/gHALo4hqYCM/index.cfm At his weekly public audience on February 8, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the prayer of Jesus just before his death, as recounted in the Gospels of Sts. Matthew and Mark. The Pope ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13256 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/9mHWynJC1CA/index.cfm A Michigan appeals court is weighing arguments on whether the testimony of a pastor, based on a confession, should be admitted in a criminal trial. Rev. John Vaprezsan, the pastor of ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:21:08 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13258 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/5FzFvFv8oHY/index.cfm Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, led a penitential service as part of a 4-day conference on the sex-abuse problem, being held at the Gregorian University ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:12 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13255 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/cJwirN7EqcM/index.cfm Cardinal William Levada highlighted the efforts by Pope Benedict XVI to strengthen the Church's response to sexual abuse, as he addressed a symposium on that topic at the Gregorian ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:18:01 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13257 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/fKBBrqEYJ2g/index.cfm A state law in Hawaii may form the basis for a compromise between the Obama administration and the US Catholic bishops on the mandate to include contraceptive coverage in health-care ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:25 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13259 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/YIlSUgK5CsU/index.cfm More than 150 members of the US Congress have signed a letter urging the Obama administration to rescind its decision to require religious employers to cover contraception in their ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:49:41 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13262 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/XEGGyQe52W8/index.cfm Cardinal Joseph Zen is urging the Holy See to take a stronger line against encroachment by the Chinese government in the life of the Church in that country. The retired Bishop of Hong ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:55:09 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13263 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/9qaRkUSKJOs/index.cfm Responding to a Mexican archbishop's plea for a truce during a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in March, a notorious drug-trafficking gang has warned rival forces to stay out of its ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:46:18 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13261 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/mCvNs6AhJSM/index.cfm Apparently responding to reports that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Middle East in September, Iran's ambassador to the Holy See said that the Pontiff would be welcome in Iran. Ali ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:49:22 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13265 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/9qaZYUVbzV0/index.cfm At the conclusion of his regular weekly public audience on February 8, Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for the victims of harsh winter weather in Europe. Noting that many people in ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:39:03 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13260 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories/~3/5z5Rh_Ff0_A/index.cfm Spain's justice minister has said that he sees no constitutional problem with the 2005 law that allowed same-sex marriage, but emphasized that the government will accept the ruling of the ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:54:01 GMT http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=13266