Catholic News and Information from around U.S. and the World.
  • Catholic sisters denounce fellow religious for directly opposing Church on health care
    • Washington D.C., Mar 18, 2010 / 12:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a statement on Wednesday, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) spoke out against a statement from a group of religious sisters in support of the Senate health care bill that made headlines yesterday. CMSWR underscored that endorsement of the bill is "directly" opposed to the U.S. bishop's stance on health care reform.
  • 'Bella' actor and 7,000 young people promote chastity in Guatemala
    • Guatemala City, Guatemala, Mar 18, 2010 / 12:02 pm (CNA).- During the First Congress for Catholic Youth in Guatemala, more than 7,000 young people, together with Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui, promised "to work for the virtue of purity" and "lead a chaste life."
  • Pope Benedict calls for renewal of business world with human principles
    • Vatican City, Mar 18, 2010 / 11:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The current economic crisis provides opportunities for the marketplace to find new and better ways of doing business, the Holy Father said to a group of businessmen meeting with him at the Vatican on Thursday. A "humanism" based on the knowledge of our role as individuals and a community in God's one family, he told them, is needed to establish a "more competitive and civil marketplace."
  • Pastoral letter from Pope to Irish Church confirmed for Saturday release
    • Vatican City, Mar 18, 2010 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The text of the Pope's pastoral letter will be made public on Saturday, March 20 at noon, according to an announcement on Thursday from the Holy See's Press Office.
  • C-FAM stands by report of graphic brochures at Girl Scout event
    • New York City, N.Y., Mar 18, 2010 / 07:22 am (CNA).- The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) has stated that it stands by its reporting of a sexually explicit Planned Parenthood brochure being distributed at an international Girl Scouts meeting was "factually inaccurate." At the same time, a spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts USA told CNA that if graphic brochures were passed out "it wasn't from us, it wasn't known to us."
  • Archbishop Naumann upset with CHA for Senate bill support
    • Kansas City, Kan., Mar 18, 2010 / 06:07 am (CNA).- The Archbishop of Kansas City has urged Catholics to contact key members of Congress and ask them to vote against the Senate health care reform bill. He also expressed his disappointment with the Catholic Health Association for its apparent willingness to accept government-funded abortion as part of health care reform.
  • Catholic adoption charity may appeal in equality case, British High Court rules
    • London, England, Mar 18, 2010 / 04:46 am (CNA).- Britain's High Court has allowed a Catholic adoption charity to appeal for an exemption from sexual orientation rules that would force it to close. The ruling was praised for securing the freedom of charities and allowing Catholic agencies to continue their services.
  • Critique from 'The View' of Boulder Catholic school was opportunistic, Catholic League says
    • New York City, N.Y., Mar 18, 2010 / 02:05 am (CNA).- A Colorado Catholic school which told two children under the guardianship of two homosexual partners they could not re-enroll on account of their guardians' relationship has drawn "inevitable" criticism from the hosts of "The View" because they "never miss an opportunity to rip the Catholic Church," the Catholic League says.
  • New sex-ed bill in England draws ire of Catholic leader
    • London, England, Mar 18, 2010 / 12:28 am (CNA).- The House of Lords in Britain is currently debating a new bill that will require Catholic schools to provide, among other things, "non-judgmental" information on access to abortion and contraception to students as part of a new sex education initiative. In response, one Catholic politician has called the new legislation "radical" and "a crisis of conscience for parents and teachers alike."
  • Peace building does not belong to the Church alone, Colombian bishop insists
    • Bogotá, Colombia, Mar 17, 2010 / 10:08 pm (CNA).- Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya of Cucuta in Colombia said this week during a forum on national reconciliation that "all men and women" in the country must take up the task of building peace and not "leave it only in the hands of the Church."

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