News/International
Christian-Muslim peace = world peace
By Regina Linskey, Catholic News ServicePope names 23 new cardinals
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceCanadian Jewish leaders condemn meeting with Iran president
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsCatholic-Anglican text encourages realism over divisions
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceClaim that John Paul refused nutrition refuted
By John Thavis, Catholic News ServiceProtecting environment a 'moral imperative'
By Catholic News ServiceCatholic leaders welcome Vatican documents on artificial nutrition
By Nancy Frazier O'Brien, Catholic News Service{mosimage}WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic health care and ethical groups thanked the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for clarifying its stand on artificial nutrition and hydration for patients in a persistent vegetative state in a pair of Sept. 14 documents.
Europe needs to revert to Christian values
By John Thavis , Catholic News Service{mosimage}VIENNA, Austria - On a three-day pilgrimage to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI brought a core theme of his pontificate to Central Europe, warning that a drift away from Christian values is leaving society unfulfilled, less charitable and without a real future.
Pope accepts resignation of outspoken critic of Zimbabwean leadership
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service{mosimage}VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, the most outspoken critic of the country's leadership who is also facing allegations of adultery.
Korean missionaries rethink overseas missions
By Catholic News Service{mosimage}SEOUL, South Korea - As 19 South Korean hostages returned safely to their country, Catholic and Protestant church leaders said it was time to reflect on overseas missions and service.