February 18, 2014 CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS
Pope meets with Council of Cardinals, beginning busy week at Vatican CWN - 10 hours ago
Pope Francis and the 8 members of the Council of Cardinals began 3 days of meetings on Monday, February 17. Meeting this week for the 3rd time, the Council of Cardinals will devote its discussions mainly to financial and administrative affairs. The meetings of the Council of Cardinals will be followed by an extraordinary consistory of all the world’s cardinals on Thursday and Friday,...
Vatican bank president awaits Pope's verdict for future CWN - 10 hours ago
The president of the Vatican bank has said that he cannot predict what Pope Francis will decide regarding the future of the institution. “I don’t know what will happen,” Ernst von Freyberg, who...
Honduran cardinal foresees married couple heading Pontifical Council for Families CWN - 7 hours ago
The chairman of the Council of Cardinals has suggested that a married couple should head a renewed Pontifical Council for Families. In an interview with the French daily La Croix, Cardinal Oscar...
Pope warns against gossip, notes Christ's focus on the heart CWN - 19 hours ago
Noting that Christ did not wish to abolish the Jewish law, but to bring it to fulfillment, Pope Francis told the crowd of 50,000 who heard his February 16 Angelus address that Christ calls his...
Nigerian archbishop: Boko Haram massacres continue, government not protecting citizens CWN - 10 hours ago
The president of the Nigerian Catholic bishops’ conference told the Fides news service that he is unfortunately not surprised by a new massacre committed by Boko Haram terrorists. "The lastest...
Pope Francis visits parish, hears confessions, celebrates Mass CWN - 19 hours ago
Pope Francis visited a Roman parish on February 16 to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding. Arriving at the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle at 4:00 in the afternoon, Pope Francis greeted...
Pope Francis renews Argentine passport CWN - 10 hours ago
Pope Francis has applied to renew his passport as a citizen of Argentina. Florencio Randazzo, the interior minister of the Argentine government revealed on February 17 that the Pope contacted the...
Church of England will not solemnize same-sex marriages CWN - 17 hours ago
The House of Bishops of the Church of England has issued a statement on same-sex marriage. “It will continue not to be legally possible for two persons of the same sex to marry according to the...
Indonesian province imposes sharia on non-Muslims CWN - 17 hours ago
The government of Aceh, an Indonesian province whose population is 98% Muslim, has extended the enforcement of sharia law to non-Muslims, The Jakarta Post reported. “It would be unfair if Muslims...
2 Salesians murdered, 2 seriously wounded in Venezuela CWN - 18 hours ago
Two Salesians were murdered and two were seriously injured during an apparent robbery of their residence in Venezuela’s third largest city. Archbishop Reinaldo del Prette Lissot of Valencia...
English cardinal says Synod should discuss decline in Confession CWN - 9 hours ago
An English prelate has suggested that the Synod of Bishops should discuss the decline in use of the sacrament of Confession. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the retired Archbishop of...
India: Police name priest as top suspect in murder probe CWN - 9 hours ago
Police in India have named a Catholic priest as their main suspect in a 2010 murder case. Father Mathukutty Munnattumugham is suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a...
Roman Catholic prelate backs Ukrainian protestors CWN - 16 hours ago
Ukraine’s leading Roman Catholic prelate has joined his Eastern Catholic and Orthodox counterparts in expressing support for anti-government protestors in Ukraine. “The Roman Catholic Church in...
President of Cyprus meets with Pontiff CWN - 20 hours ago
Pope Francis met on February 15 with Nicos Anastasiades, who assumed office as president of Cyprus in 2013. The two discussed religious freedom, “the positive role of religion in society,” and...
Leading English prelate rips welfare cuts CWN - 17 hours ago
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster has strongly criticized the changes to welfare benefits that have taken place under the government of Prime Minister David Cameron. “People do understand...
Cardinal: personal witness is crucial for the evangelization of Asia CWN - 17 hours ago
Pope Paul VI’s dictum that “modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers” is particularly true in Asia, the Philippines’ leading prelate said in an article that appears in the new...
USCCB, CRS hail provisions of new farm bill CWN - 18 hours ago
Catholics Confront Global Poverty, a joint initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services, has characterized portions of the $956-billion farm bill,...
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