|
Around the nation
Archbishop Naumann: Kansas governor should stop receiving Communion
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 5/12/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., said Gov. Kathleen Sebelius should stop receiving Communion until she publicly repudiates her support of abortion and makes a "worthy sacramental confession" related to her stance.
Vatican letter directs bishops to keep parish records from Mormons
By Chaz Muth Catholic News ServicePosted: 5/9/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an effort to block posthumous rebaptisms by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Catholic dioceses throughout the world have been directed by the Vatican not to give information in parish registers to the Mormons' Genealogical Society of Utah.
Survey finds pope’s visit got a big chunk of U.S. media’s attention
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 5/9/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The news media gave Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States in April more coverage that week than any topic except the 2008 election campaign, according to an analysis of reporting by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Vatican theologians see miracle in Hawaiian woman’s cancer cure
By Anna Weaver Posted: 5/5/2008
HONOLULU (CNS) -- Theological consultors to the Vatican Congregation for Saints' Causes have ruled that the cancer cure of a Hawaiian woman was due to Blessed Damien de Veuster's intercession, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva announced April 29.
Washington archbishop says denial of Communion is up to local bishops
By Chaz Muth Catholic News ServicePosted: 5/9/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Following criticism that high-profile Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal were permitted to receive the Eucharist during the U.S. papal Masses in Washington and New York, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl reiterated his position that such an action should be left to the discretion of the bishop heading an individual lawmaker's diocese.
Alaskan governor praised for response to her Down syndrome child
By Joel Davidson Posted: 5/2/2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) -- Local Catholic leaders and advocates for the disabled praised Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, for fully embracing the arrival of their fifth child, who was born with Down syndrome April 18.
Minister’s assertions about race, religion continue to draw attention
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 5/2/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A spate of public appearances by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who until February was pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, is drawing unprecedented attention to the black church as a whole, in addition to the specific congregation where Sen. Barack Obama is a member.
Cardinal seeks meeting with Giuliani about Communion at papal Mass
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 5/2/2008
NEW YORK (CNS) -- New York Cardinal Edward M. Egan will request a meeting with Rudolph Giuliani, saying in a statement he deeply regretted that the former New York mayor received Communion during a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI at St. Patrick's Cathedral April 19.
Dignity, not utility, must govern bioethics, law students told
By Rick DelVecchio Posted: 5/2/2008
STANFORD, Calif. (CNS) -- Human dignity rises above all other considerations in biomedical research and health care and must govern ethical decisions in the lab and at the bedside, Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, the chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, told Stanford University law students April 9.
Senate passes bill that bars discrimination based on genetic testing
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 5/2/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A bill passed April 24 by the U.S. Senate barring health insurers and employers from discriminating against individuals because of their own or their family's genetic information has won praise from the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Pope urges young people to banish evils of drugs, poverty, racism
By Benedicta Cipolla Posted: 4/25/2008
YONKERS, N.Y. (CNS) -- Addressing a crowd of 25,000 young people and seminarians, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the "monster" that cast a shadow over his own childhood and urged the current generation to banish the darkness that exists today.
Pope, at U.N., says no government or religion can limit human rights
By Cindy Wooden and Benedicta Cipolla Posted: 4/25/2008
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- Neither government nor religion has a right to change or limit human rights, because those rights flow from the dignity of each person created in God's image, Pope Benedict XVI said.
At ground zero, pope offers silent prayer, comforts survivors
By Cindy Wooden Posted: 4/25/2008
NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the most somber moment of his six-day visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI knelt alone at ground zero and offered a silent prayer.
Too many youths said to take values on sex from society, not church
By Stephen Kent Posted: 4/25/2008
SEATTLE (CNS) -- Catholic adolescents may be more oblivious than opposed to the church's teachings on human sexuality because they are formed more by the culture than by the church, according to several educators commenting on a recent federal study reporting the frequency of premarital sex.
House passes bill expanding debt relief to poor countries
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 4/25/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Debt relief for many of the world's poorest countries is a step closer with the April 16 passage of a measure by the U.S. House of Representatives.
New models of pastoral leadership required for a changing U.S. church
By Debra Tomaselli Posted: 4/23/2008
ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- New models of pastoral leadership will be required for a U.S. church that has changed significantly from a generation ago and will continue to change.
Pope says it was ’joy’ to witness faith of U.S. Catholics
By Benedicta Cipolla Posted: 4/21/2008
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) -- Thanking Americans for their hospitality, Pope Benedict XVI departed the United States amid a cheering crowd of 4,000 people who had come to see him off.
Pope meets privately with victims of priestly sexual abuse
By John Thavis Posted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI held an unscheduled meeting with victims of priestly sexual abuse, shortly after pledging the church's continued efforts to help heal the wounds caused by such acts.
Pope meets with Jewish leaders, emphasizes Catholics’ bond with them
By Regina Linskey Posted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- During a special meeting with Jewish representatives, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the special bond Catholics and Jews share and reaffirmed the church's 40-year commitment to dialogue with the Jews.
Text of Pope Benedict’s greetings to Jewish leaders in Washington
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI's greetings to the Jewish community for Passover (Pesach); his remarks were read at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center April 17.
Children welcome pope on lawn of apostolic nunciature in Washington
By Meredith Black Posted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As the black limousine in which Pope Benedict XVI was riding pulled up in front of the apostolic nunciature in Washington April 15, a crowd of schoolchildren stood on the lawn waiting to greet the pope.
Crowds of Catholics line Pennsylvania Avenue to welcome pope
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The sounds of guitars, tambourines and drums filled Pennsylvania Avenue just west of the White House early April 16 as thousands of people gathered to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to America.
Pope, Bush discuss fighting terrorism while respecting human rights
By John Thavis Posted: 4/18/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a meeting at the White House, Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush discussed the problem of terrorism and how to confront it while respecting human rights.
Pope Benedict greeted by Bush as he begins first U.S. visit
By Catholic News ServicePosted: 4/18/2008
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (CNS) -- Welcomed by U.S. President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush and an array of church officials, Pope Benedict XVI began his first pastoral visit to the United States as pope April 15.
Pope urges U.S. Catholic educators to lead students to deeper faith
By Carol Zimmermann Posted: 4/25/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged U.S. Catholic educators April 17 not to simply transmit knowledge to their students but to bring them to a deeper understanding of faith "which in turn nurtures the soul of a nation."
Pope presents special chalice to show solidarity with Katrina victims
By Julie Asher Posted: 4/17/2008
SHINGTON (CNS) -- At the end of his remarks to the U.S. bishops April 16, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged "the immense suffering endured by the people of God" in the New Orleans Archdiocese because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Papal Masses at baseball stadiums not new to U.S. Catholics
By Mark Pattison Posted: 4/17/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Masses celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in Washington and New York are be the seventh and eighth papal Masses to be celebrated inside U.S. baseball stadiums.
Pope urges U.S. Catholics to renew their missionary energy
By John Thavis Posted: 4/25/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Celebrating Mass in a Washington baseball stadium, Pope Benedict XVI urged U.S. Catholics to renew their missionary energy at a time when American society is at a moral crossroads.
Pope calls sex abuse scandal ’countersign’ to Gospel of life
By Julie Asher Posted: 4/25/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- One of the "countersigns to the Gospel of life" in the United States is the sexual abuse of minors, a situation "that causes deep shame," Pope Benedict XVI told about 300 U.S. bishops gathered April 16 in the crypt church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Multiple choruses of ‘Happy Birthday’ mark the pope’s 81st
By Carol Zimmermann Posted: 4/16/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- At 5:21 a.m., the disc jockey on a country music radio station in Fredericksburg, Va. -- 50 miles south of Washington -- invited listeners to join her in singing "Happy Birthday" to Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope, Bush discuss fighting terrorism while respecting human rights
By John Thavis Posted: 4/16/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a meeting at the White House, Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush discussed the problem of terrorism and how to confront it while respecting human rights.
Crowds of Catholics line Pennsylvania Avenue to welcome pope
By Dennis Sadowski Posted: 4/16/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The sounds of guitars, tambourines and drums filled Pennsylvania Avenue just west of the White House early April 16 as thousands of people gathered to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to America.
Waiting for the pope: Planning to chat with him about peace and cats
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 4/15/2008
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (CNS) -- Hundreds of military personnel and their families and dozens of students from a nearby Catholic high school perched on bleachers set up at the edge of the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base to greet Pope Benedict XVI on his first U.S. visit as pope.
Groundskeeper says ballpark grass will be safe from crowds
By Mark Pattison Posted: 4/15/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Despite the likelihood of some 5,000 pairs of feet tromping on top of the field at the brand-new Nationals Park in Washington -- quite a few more than on the field during baseball games -- the grass underneath their feet will stay safe, healthy and green for the ballplayers and the pleasure of their fans.
Study explores support for vocations, response to decline in priests
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Posted: 4/14/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although three-quarters of U.S. Catholic respondents in a new survey have noticed a decline in the number of priests serving in parishes, few of the men said they have considered becoming a priest and less than a third of all respondents said they would encourage their own child to pursue a religious vocation.
Yankee Stadium Mass to mark bicentennials of four U.S. archdioceses
By Peter Feuerherd Posted: 4/14/2008
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The April 20 Mass at Yankee Stadium will mark the bicentennials of the archdioceses of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Louisville, Ky., which was founded as Bardstown, Ky.
Benedict’s first visit to U.S. as pope features diverse encounters
By John Thavis Posted: 4/11/2008
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States as head of the Catholic Church features a diverse series of encounters with government leaders, interreligious and ecumenical representatives, the academic world and the Catholic faithful.
Pope’s visit to United Nations ’eagerly awaited,’ says Vatican nuncio
By Julie Asher Posted: 4/11/2008
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI's April 18 visit to the United Nations "is eagerly awaited because the pope is seen as a moral authority offering clear guidance on the foundational values of life and of human society," said the Vatican's U.N. ambassador.
In U.S. pope will find multicultural church marked by stronger laity
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien Posted: 4/11/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- What kind of Catholic Church will Pope Benedict XVI find when he arrives in the United States in April? How similar or different will it be from the U.S. church community that greeted Pope John Paul II on his first papal visit in 1979 or his last trip to the U.S. in 1999?
One N.Y. teachers union says it will suspend strike while pope visits
By Carol Zimmermann Posted: 4/10/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- One group of teachers in New York Catholic schools voted to call off a two-day strike April 8 after a negotiating session with the Association of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of New York.
Archive shows U.S.-Vatican diplomacy more complex than the public saw
By Patricia Zapor Posted: 4/11/2008
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The letter from the pope to the U.S. president about the war was diplomatically florid, but clear in its message.
|
|
|
|
