News/International
Los Angeles' Cardinal Mahony relieved of public duties for past failure to protect children
By Catholic News ServiceLOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger M. Mahony will "no longer have any administrative or public duties" as retired archbishop of Los Angeles because of past failures to protect children from clergy sex abuse, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez announced Jan. 31.
Ravens Considine says his Catholic faith plays 'huge role' in life, career
By Penny Wiegert, Catholic News ServiceROCKFORD, Ill. - Sean Considine, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens, is the first to point out that he belongs to some important families — God's family, the family his parents began, his hometown community, the family he shares with his wife and four children, and the NFL.
Harbaugh parents brace for family Super Bowl battle
By George P. Matysek Jr., Catholic News ServiceCoaching siblings meet for NFL supremacy
Church, governmental groups seek more funds as Syrians flood Jordan
By Dale Gavlak, Catholic News ServiceAMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- As frightened Syrian refugees flood into Jordan and other nearby countries, U.N. officials at a donor conference in Kuwait appealed to the international community for desperately needed funding for victims of the 22-month crisis.
Who will pay? Romanian court orders tower next to cathedral demolished
By Catholic News ServiceBUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian appeals court ordered a new 18-story office building demolished because it threatens the Bucharest cathedral's physical security and was illegally constructed.
Bitter cold can’t dampen March for Life crowd’s passion
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON - The tens of thousands of participants at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 25 demonstrated just how determined they are not only by showing up in such large numbers on a bitter cold day but by continuing a 40-year tradition of protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion.
Tweets and retweets: Study analyses @Pontifex traffic
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceROME - In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm.
Catholic samba group turns parade into procession after nightclub fire
By Lisa Alves, Catholic News ServiceSAO PAULO, BRAZIL - A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria.
Cardinal Glemp headed Church during hard times
By Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News ServiceWARSAW, Poland - Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp took over as head of the Polish Church during "hard and uncertain" times, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk of Gniezno told hundreds of people at the cardinal's funeral.
The sick, their caregivers can gain indulgences on World Day of Sick
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick.
Catholics, United Church find common ground on marriage
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterInterfaith dialogue doesn’t reach agreement, but ‘winner-take-all’ wrong approach