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January 19, 2012

Nashville priest apologizes for comments challenging church teachings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In letters to Pope Benedict XVI and to St. Edward Parish in Nashville, Father Joe Pat Breen has retracted and apologized for statements made in an Internet video and subsequent media interviews that Catholics are not obligated to follow teachings of the Catholic Church as defined by the pope and bishops.
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January 19, 2012

Commission nixes English Catholic adoption agency’s bid on gay couples

LONDON – The Charity Commission for England and Wales has refused the adoption agency Catholic Care permission to amend its constitution so it can turn away gay and unmarried couples.
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January 19, 2012

Benedictines sue in federal court for right to sell caskets they make

NEW ORLEANS – Standing behind a simple, cypress casket handcrafted by the monks of St. Joseph Abbey, Benedictine Abbot Justin Brown asked a federal court in New Orleans Aug. 12 to bury a Louisiana law allowing only licensed funeral homes to sell caskets to the public.
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January 19, 2012

American freedoms originate in military

I’m weary of reading about those who believe service men and women who selflessly serve this nation, do so in Patrick J. Clancy’s “vision” about “militarism” (CR, July 29).” His letter was in the same Catholic Review in which the archbishop highlighted his own selfless service in Vietnam and a respect for service men and...
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January 19, 2012

Vatican welcomes U.S. plaintiffs’ decision to end abuse lawsuit

VATICAN CITY – While underlining its condemnation of “the horror” of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, the Vatican welcomed as “good news” the imminent end of a lawsuit against the Holy See in a U.S. court.
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January 19, 2012

Knights to supply prosthetics to Haitian children injured in earthquake

WASHINGTON – The estimated 800 Haitian children who lost an arm or a leg because of the country’s violent earthquake Jan. 12 will get prosthetic limbs and therapy courtesy of the Knights of Columbus.
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January 19, 2012

At national Jamboree, Scouts explore faith as well as outdoors

WASHINGTON – Monsignor John B. Brady says he got his vocation at the 1950 National Scout Jamboree.
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January 19, 2012

Conversion: Ancient prison went from pagan to sacred Christian site

VATICAN CITY – Tradition holds that St. Peter was jailed in Rome’s maximum security Mamertine Prison before he was crucified upside down and buried on the hill where St. Peter’s Basilica was later built.
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January 19, 2012

Papal charity donates $250,000 for Haitian school reconstruction

VATICAN CITY – A papal charity donated $250,000 for the reconstruction of a school in Haiti and as a sign of Pope Benedict XVI’s concern for the earthquake-devastated population.
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January 19, 2012

Rome Diocese calls for active gay priests to go, stop sullying church

ROME – In the wake of an undercover video and news report documenting priests in Rome engaged in homosexual acts, the Rome Diocese has called for priests engaged in “unworthy” behavior to leave the priesthood and stop sullying the reputation of the vast majority of honorable ministers.
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January 19, 2012

Violent video games and their effects on players a topic of debate

WASHINGTON – With a case involving violent video gaming set to get a hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court in the fall, psychologists and a priest-anthropologist talked to Catholic News Service about whether youths’ exposure to violent games should be cause for concern.
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January 19, 2012

Federal appeals court strikes down FCC’s indecency rule

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communication Commission’s indecency policy in a July 12 ruling that raised the ire of family-friendly television advocates around the country.
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