Catholic News and Information from around U.S. and the World.
  • Archbishop Chaput: Health care bill doesn't meet minimum moral standards
    • Denver, Colo., Mar 15, 2010 / 06:18 am (CNA).- In his weekly column for the Denver Catholic Register, the Archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., says the Senate health-care bill does not meet minimum moral standards and therefore, doesn't have the support of the Catholic bishops.
  • Planned Parenthood distributes sexually explicit brochures at Girl Scout meeting
    • New York City, N.Y., Mar 14, 2010 / 05:47 pm (CNA).- Early this week, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts hosted a panel in which Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute brochures containing sexually explicit material to the young girls. The panel served as part of the annual U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
  • South Carolina cathedral gets new steeple after nearly a century
    • Charleston, S.C., Mar 14, 2010 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist added another landmark to the Holy City on March 8 when its new steeple and cross were hoisted into place.  After the 12:05 p.m. Mass, hundreds of people gathered on the Cathedral lawn to watch as Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone blessed the new addition from a scissor lift before it was raised skyward.
  • Rhode Island woman who survived earthquake in Haiti says crisis still 'not over'
    • Providence, R.I., Mar 14, 2010 / 01:53 pm (CNA).- Watching news reports of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, Nicole Jean-Gilles was drawn back to that fateful day seven weeks ago when she was nearly killed during the quake that rocked Haiti.
  • Experience of mercy key to real relationship with God, says Pope Benedict
    • Vatican City, Mar 14, 2010 / 01:21 pm (CNA).- Presiding over the mid-day Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the day's Gospel that presents the parable of the prodigal son. He explained that "only experiencing forgiveness, recognizing ourselves loved by a free love, greater than our misery, but also our justice, can we finally enter into a truly filial and free relationship with God."
  • Miami Archdiocese announces collaboration with Haitian clergy in quake relief
    • Miami, Fla., Mar 14, 2010 / 07:23 am (CNA).- In the aftermath of the disastrous January earthquake in Haiti, the Archdiocese of Miami has announced pastoral initiatives to collaborate with Haitian clergy in recovery efforts. Clergy from the archdiocese will minister in refugee camps and care for orphans will be organized. Volunteers for medical missions are also being sought.
  • Church to celebrate feast of patron of Ireland, Nigeria and snakes
    • CNA STAFF, Mar 14, 2010 / 05:16 am (CNA).- On Wednesday, March 17, the Church, along with the rest of the world, will celebrate the feast of St. Patrick of Ireland.
  • Court rules 'under God' as constitutional in Pledge of Allegiance
    • San Francisco, Calif., Mar 13, 2010 / 07:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A San Francisco court ruled Thursday that the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution.
  • Pope showed wisdom and firmness against abuses as CDF prefect, says Msgr. Scicluna
    • Vatican City, Mar 13, 2010 / 03:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Avvenire newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference printed an interview on Saturday which sheds light on how cases of sexual abuse are dealt with in the Catholic Church. The role of then-Cardinal Ratzinger in the providing the guidelines for the Congregation's processing of 3,000 cases in the last nine years is also examined.
  • Tennessee Catholics help homeless families through bike ride
    • Memphis, Tenn., Mar 13, 2010 / 01:52 pm (CNA).- On March 27, local participants will be riding for homeless families in Memphis, Tennessee for the Dorothy Day Family Fun Ride. The Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, a transitional housing ministry that allows homeless families to stay together as a family while they rebuild their lives, is hosting this first annual fundraising event.

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