February 7 CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS
Pope speaks on Creation, Original Sin at Wednesday audienceCWN - 5 hours ago
Creation provides “the place in which to know God’s omnipotence and goodness,” Pope Benedict XVI told his weekly public audience. Continuing a series of Wednesday talks on the Creed, the Pope...
New Chaldean Patriarch addresses challenges facing Christians in IraqCWN - 5 hours ago
In an interview with the AsiaNews service, the newly elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church said that it would be difficult to establish a secular government in a Muslim country today,...
Vatican abuse prosecutor: media performed service in uncovering scandalCWN - 18 hours ago
Father Robert Oliver, a Boston priest who is the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new promoter of justice, said at a news conference that the American media performed a service in...
Judge rules against Obama administration, says diocese’s lawsuit against HHS mandate may proceedCWN - 18 hours ago
Ruling against the Obama administration’s motion to dismiss the case, a US district court judge has determined that the Diocese of Fort Worth’s lawsuit against the HHS mandate may proceed....
Coptic pope criticizes Islamist influence on Egypt’s constitutionCWN - 18 hours ago
The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has criticized Egypt’s new constitution, which declares that “principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation.” “The constitution, the...
Acceptance of same-sex marriage will cause trials for English Catholic, bishop warnsCWN - 5 hours ago
The legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Britain will but “intolerable moral pressures” on Catholics, an English bishop has predicted. Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth said that Catholics...
CDF prefect intervening on behalf of rebellious Peruvian university? CWN - 5 hours ago
Faculty members at the school formerly known as the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) are claiming that the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has sided with...
Quebec Catholic school appeals to top court on requirement to teach 'neutral' ethics courseCWN - 7 hours ago
A Catholic high school in Montreal is appealing a Quebec court decision requiring the school to offer a state-sponsored ethics course that conflicts with some teachings of the Catholic...
Boy Scouts postpone vote on homosexuality policyCWN - 7 hours ago
The leadership of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has postponed a decision on a proposed policy change that would have allowed ended a ban on openly homosexual members. The BSA executive board...
Policy on same-sex partnerships could mute US bishops' support for immigration reformCWN - 7 hours ago
The US Catholic bishops, who have strongly supported immigration-reform efforts, may reconsider their stand because of the Obama administration's policy regarding the homosexual partners of...
Scientists develop ‘cell printer’ for embryonic stem cellsCWN - 18 hours ago
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a “printer” for processing human embryonic stem cells. After the embryos were killed and the stem cells obtained, the stem cells were...
Leader of Knights of Malta reflects on order’s 900th anniversaryCWN - 18 hours ago
Matthew Festing, the Englishman who has served as Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 2008, reflected on the state of the order, which will celebrate its 900th anniversary on...
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