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Pontiff Prays for Authentic Social Progress [2010-08-31]

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI will be praying in September for authentic social progress and an end to bloody conflicts and wars.The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for …


To Accept Christ Is to Accept His Cross [2010-08-31]

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Zenit.org ).- Today's Gospel passage (Luke 14:25-33) contains a collection of sayings that are peculiar to Luke. Luke has Jesus speak about the demands of discipleship. He gathers three sayings (26-27…


Lebanon Makes “Outburst of Love” for Mother Teresa [2010-08-31]

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Zenit.org ).- Celebrations for Mother Teresa's 100th birthday reached to the Middle East, with her "beloved children in Lebanon" making an "outburst of love" for the Calcutta nun.L…




Pa. Priest Won’t Face Charges Over Videotaped Sex

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

PHILADELPHIA — The Vatican will determine whether to defrock a priest accused of fathering a child with a high school graduate, a relationship that became public after the girl's parents capture…


Former Altar Boy Accuses Oak Harbor Priest of Sexual Abuse

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Read more from Whidbey News Times A 42-year-old former Whidbey Island resident has filed a civil lawsuit in King County Superior Court against the Seattle Archdiocese for alleged childhood sexual abus…


Distributism And the Economic Crisis [2010-08-30]

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Zenit.org ).- At a time when bailouts appear to be a bust, policymakers seem befuddled, and the economic crisis shows no signs of abating, people are looking for alternatives to the conventional wisdo…


“Without the Blessed Vaz, There Would Be No Priest on the Island”

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Mgr Vianny Fernando presents this way the movie on the life of the Blessed Joseph Vaz, considered the second founder of the Church in Sri Lanka. His apostolate occurred during the persecution of Catho…


Spokane Catholic Diocese May Have to Sell Churches

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

By JOHN STUCKETHE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW SPOKANE, Wash. — The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable – the sale of churches to pay victims of c…


Poverty And Climate Change to Be Focus of Pope’s Visit to Britain

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

London on Tuesday.Pope Benedict XVI will be in Britain for a four-day visit where he will also stress the importance of faith and virtue against sin, the special representative of the British governme…


Hindus Commend Pope on Environmental Stand

Posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in Catholic News, Denominations, Science, Top Stories

Hindus have applauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for taking a strong stand on environment.