NEWS
  Regional
  National
  World
  News Briefs
  FEATURES

  Calendar
  News from the Net
  Catholic News Streams

PILGRIMAGES

  Passion Play

 PERSPECTIVES

  Editorial
  Observations
  Spun from the Web
  Companion on the Journey

  MEDIA

  Catholic Observer
  Real to Reel
         -Broadcast Times
  Chalice of Salvation

  Despertar Latino
  Voz Catolica

 

 

 

TOP STORY
Annual Catholic Appeal allocations help to meet rising needs

SPRINGFIELD – As parishioners from throughout western Massachusetts continue to donate to the Springfield Diocese’s 2010 Annual Catholic Appeal, this past week diocesan officials were busy announcing allocations given to some 40 agencies and ministries from the 2009 appeal proceeds.


WORLD
Abuse cases show need for greater women's role, Vatican newspaper says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A greater presence of women in decision-making roles in the church might have helped remove the "veil of masculine secrecy" that covered priestly sex abuse cases, a front-page commentary in the Vatican newspaper said.


NATIONAL
There's an 'app' for that: iPhone applications devised for Catholics


(CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec)

WASHINGTON (CNS) – In a world that boasts continual technological change, the iPhone by Apple has gained near-iconic status. Even Apple boasts there are more than 140,000 applications – or "apps," in Apple-speak – that users can obtain for their phones.


NATIONAL
Anglicans' formal bid to join Catholic Church seen as 'starting point'

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Although leaders of the Anglican Church in America have formally sought to join the Catholic Church, "we still have a number of questions" about how it would work, said the traditionalist denomination's spokesman.


NATIONAL
Different laws on same-sex marriage bring different church responses


(CNS file photo by Gregory L. Tracy, The Pilot)

WASHINGTON (CNS) – When San Francisco passed an ordinance more than 13 years ago requiring agencies that contract with the city to provide spousal benefits to employees' domestic partners, then-Archbishop William J. Levada asked for a religious exemption, arguing that it imposed "an unconstitutional condition" on religiously affiliated organizations like Catholic Charities.


NATIONAL
Kansas bill would revoke sales tax exemption for religious nonprofits

MERRIAM, Kan. (CNS) – A proposal in the Kansas Legislature that would repeal the sales tax exemption for churches and religious nonprofit organizations is bad public policy, shortsighted and probably unconstitutional, according to the Kansas Catholic Conference.


WORLD
Cleanup comes slowly, housing a priority in devastated Chilean towns


(CNS photo by Victor Sebastian Escobar, Reuters)

LIMA, Peru (CNS) – Cleanup is beginning in towns on Chile's central coast as electricity and telephone service is slowly restored and people try to rebuild their lives after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake killed nearly 800 people and caused millions of dollars in damage.


MEDIA
Sony-Vatican TV deal will put pope in HD

VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) — A new agreement  between Sony and the Vatican Television Center will make high definition images of the pope available by October, according to the director of the Vatican press office.


REGIONAL
Vermont diocese to sell headquarters, camp to pay for abuse claims

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The statewide Diocese of Burlington, Vt., is preparing to sell its headquarters building and a now-closed camp to help pay for claims and judgments stemming from clerical sexual abuse.

REGIONAL
More than 500 to take part in this weekend’s Catholic Men’s Conference
Co-owner of Chicago Bears, Patrick McCaskey, among the scheduled speakers

SPRINGFIELD – A concentration camp survivor, the co-owner of the Chicago Bears NFL football franchise, and an internationally recognized Catholic television news journalist: What do these three men have in common?


WORLD
Homilies should be under eight minutes long, says head of synod office

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Homilies should be no longer than eight minutes – a listener's average attention span, said the head of the synod office.


REGIONAL
Springfield Diocese participates in 40 Days for Life Campaign


(Photo by Carolee McGrath)

SPRINGFIELD – The corner of Wason Avenue and Main Street is a busy one in Springfield’s North End. It’s the site of many offices including the Planned Parenthood League of Springfield. It’s also a vigil site where people have been praying for an end to abortion.


WORLD
Church responding decisively to new sex abuse reports, official say


(CNS photo from KNA-Bild)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The religious orders and bishops' conferences dealing with cases of clerical sexual abuse of children in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands are acting quickly, decisively and with transparency to uncover the truth and assist the victims, said the Vatican spokesman.


NATIONAL
Archbishop Pilarczyk honored for using media to spread Gospel


(CNS photo by Gregory A. Shemitz)

DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) – Retired Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati has been honored by the University of Dayton's Institute for Pastoral Initiatives for outstanding dedication to using various forms of media to communicate Gospel values.


MEDIA
Spanish religious art exhibit portrays Mary, Christ, saints in detail


(CNS photo courtesy of National Gallery of Art)

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The expression "the devil is in the details" is turned on its head in the exhibit "The Sacred Made Real" at Washington's National Gallery of Art where 22 sculptures and paintings from 17th-century Spain portray Jesus, Mary and a few saints with intensely precise detail.


NATIONAL
Brooklyn bishop says economy, reduced revenue force changes in diocese

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) – Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio March 1 called for the renewal of church life in the diocese by addressing changes he said are needed in parishes, schools and diocesan structures.

PREVIOUS TOP STORIES

PREVIOUS TOP STORIES

NATIONAL
Rockville Centre Diocese enacts plan to ensure its 'financial health'

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (CNS) – To "ensure the financial health" of the Rockville Centre Diocese for the future, the diocese has put in place a strategy to meet a number of fiscal challenges, said Bishop William F. Murphy.

NATIONAL
Bishops support extension of trade protections for Haitian garments

WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. bishops have called on the Senate to support the extension of favorable trade status for Haitian-made garments.

 

WORLD
African bishops seek vision to address 'formidable challenges'

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) – The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar has asked Catholic universities in Africa to come up with ways that the church can meet the continent's "formidable challenges," said a member of the symposium's standing committee.