April 11, 2014 Catholic World News
Do theology on your knees, Pope tells students at Gregorian University CWN - 9 hours ago
The study of theology is “fruitful only if it is done with an open mind and on one’s knees,” Pope Francis said in an April 10 address to students at the Gregorian University in Rome. In his talk...
Venezuela asks Cardinal Parolin to help mediate talks to end political protests CWN - 6 hours ago
The government of Venezuela has asked the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to serve as a mediator in negotiations with opposition leaders to end a political crisis. The...
Pharisees show 'tragedy of the closed mind,' Pope says CWN - 6 hours ago
Pope Francis cautioned against a “dictatorship of a narrow line of thought” in his homily at a Mass on April 10. Reflecting on the disputes between Jesus and the Pharisees, the Pope said that the...
Catholics in Crimea isolated, fear losses CWN - 7 hours ago
Catholics living in the Crimea have been cut off from their co-religionists in Ukraine since Russia seized the province, a bishop serving in Crimea has reported to Aid to the Church in Need...
Pope denounces 'scourge' of human trafficking, hails joint efforts against it CWN - 9 hours ago
Human trafficking is “an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the Body of Christ,” Pope Francis said in an April 10 address to participants in the Second International...
Archdiocesan data breach leads to identity theft, false tax returns CWN - 16 hours ago
A data breach of the Archdiocese of Portland’s computer systems has led to the filing of fraudulent tax returns, according to local media reports. “A number of employees and volunteers of the...
Ukraine's Roman-rite bishops support nation's territorial integrity CWN - 17 hours ago
The Roman-rite bishops of Ukraine have issued a statement supporting the nation's territorial integrity in the face of recent Russian actions. 10% of Ukrainians are Catholic, and the nation has...
Pope laments Jesuit's murder, issues new plea for peace in Syria CWN - 18 hours ago
At the conclusion of his April 9 general audience, Pope Francis issued a new appeal for peace in Syria. “Last Monday Father Frans van der Lugt, a Dutch Jesuit brother aged 75, was assassinated in...
Argentine vigilantes forming lynch parties to fight drug gangs, bishop fears CWN - 6 hours ago
Bishop Juan Ruben Martinez of Posadas, Argentina, has called attention to a disturbing outbreak of vigilante violence against suspected criminals, the Fides news service reports. Bishop Martinez...
Cardinal Dolan angry after legislators renege on tax credits for private schools CWN - 7 hours ago
Cardinal Timothy Dolan has written to 70,000 families in the New York archdiocese, expressing bitter disappointment that the state legislature did not approve tax credits for parents of children in...
Italian Catholic newspaper raps film 'Noah' CWN - 7 hours ago
An Italian Catholic newspaper has criticized the film Noah as "ecologically and vaguely New Age," saying that the movie misses the specifically religious theme of the Biblical story. Avvenire is...
In troubled Indian state, Christian minority hopes elections will bring government devoted to justice CWN - 8 hours ago
Christians in India’s troubled Kandhamal region are worried about the outcome of elections, but “they believe in democracy and the power of the vote,” Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar...
Italian court overturns law against donated sperm, eggs CWN - 9 hours ago
Italy’s Constitutional Court has overturned a law that prohibited a ban on the use of donated sperm and eggs for human reproduction. The lawyers who challenged the Italian law hailed the ruling...
Pakistani report: 700 Christian women kidnapped yearly, forced into Muslim marriages CWN - 17 hours ago
A coalition of organizations, including the Pakistani bishops' justice and peace commission, has found that 700 Christian girls and women, and 300 Hindu girls and women, are kidnapped each year, are...
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