Recently added articles from National Catholic Reporter:
A new face of Catholicism: Obama's pick for Vatican ambassador embodies U.S. Catholic currents.(ANALYSIS)(Miguel Diaz as ambassador to Vatican City )(Barack Obama)
Jun 12, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] National churches don't have delegates in Rome, officially nobody's ere to speak for American Catholicism. Informally, however, high-profile Americans in and around the Vatican pre sent faces of the Catholic community in the States, both to Rome and to the ...
Women religious study progresses, raises new concerns.(WORLD)
Jun 12, 2009; ... The Vatican-appointed apostolic visitator charged with leading a study of U.S. women religious communities soon will have personally interviewed nearly half the superiors general included in phase one of the effort. Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Mother Mary Clare Millea, ...
Thomas Berry, priest and environmentalist, dies.(NATION)
Jun 12, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THOMAS BERRY 'Humans are for the perfection of the Earth rather than the Earth being for the perfection of humans.' Passionist priest and acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Berry died in Well-Spring Retirement Community in ...
A vision of shared hopes.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
Jun 12, 2009; ... President Obama, speaking in Cairo earlier this month, presented his clearest vision for world peace. It was a planet free of nuclear weapons, one in which nations respected each others' cultures and histories, a two-nation Mideast peace settlement, the rights of women, and the dignity of ...
20 years after Tiananmen.(IN THE BEGINNING)(Tiananmen Square Incident anniversary)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A man dressed as a Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier stages a one man protest/street drama in Hang Kong to mark June 4, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun called the victims of the 1989 massacre ...
Feds: Homeschool numbers up.(U.S. BRIEFS)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... WASHINGTON * The number of homeschooled students has nearly doubled in the last eight years, with parents' desire to provide religious and moral instruction the most oft-cited cause, according to a recent report by the Department of Education. An estimated 1.5 million ...
Scientology banned from Wiki.(U.S. BRIEFS)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... WASHINGTON * Wikipedia, the user-edited Internet encyclopedia, has banned the Church of Scientology from editing entries about the controversial religion. Internet addresses known to be "owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates, broadly interpreted, are to be ...
John Paul's beatification delayed.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... VATICAN CITY * The beatification of Pope John Paul II may be delayed as the Vatican seeks more documentation regarding his almost 27 years as pope, Italian newspapers reported in late May. According to the newspaper La Stampa, the chief holdup regards hundreds of letters he wrote before ...
Urban farm produces food, lessons on Franciscan traditions.(IN THE BEGINNING)(Earthworks Urban Farm )
Jun 12, 2009 ... The Earthworks Urban Farm in Detroit, recently named one of the top 10 urban farms in the United States by Natural Home magazine, uses its organic garden to spread lessons on the Franciscan tradition of nourishing the body, soul and spirit. Natural Home regarded community ...
Quotable & notable.(IN THE BEGINNING)
Jun 12, 2009 ... "Apparently the only way to avoid 'identity politics' is to pick white men for every job." --A tweet from Anonymous Liberal in response to criticism of Supreme Court Justice designate Sonic Sotomayor's remark that "a wise Latina woman would more often than not reach a better ...
Clergy laicization made easier.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... VATICAN CITY * Pope Benedict XVI has granted the Congregation for Clergy new powers to dismiss from the priesthood and release from the obligation of celibacy priests who are living with women, who have abandoned their ministry for more than five years or who have engaged in seriously ...
African bishops resign.(WORLD BRIEFS)(Paulin Pomodimo and Francois-Xavier Yombanje )(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC * More than 40 priests here launched a one-day strike May 28 to protest the resignations of Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo of Bangui and Bishop Francois-Xavier Yombanje of Bossangoa, president of the national bishops' conference. Reportedly, priests in Bangui ...
Bishop Lori: Connecticut, don't tread on.(IN THE BEGINNING)(William E. Lori on lobbying law of Connecticut )
Jun 12, 2009 ... BRIDGEPORT, CONN. * Saying its First Amendment rights are being violated, the Bridgeport diocese is seeking a court order to stop state officials from what it calls "an unconstitutional application of state lobbying laws" to church activities. Diocesan lawyers filed a lawsuit in ...
An image of Pope Benedict XVI is seen on a new Vatican Web site as displayed on an Apple iPod touch in Rome May 22.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... An image of Pope Benedict XVI is seen on a new Vatican Web site as displayed on an Apple iPod touch in Rome May 22 ....
The newly-elected Lutheran bishop of Stockholm, Sweden, the Rev. Eva Brunne: lives in a registered homosexual partnership with another Lutheran priest, Gunilla Linden.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... The newly-elected Lutheran bishop of Stockholm, Sweden, the Rev. Eva Brunne: lives in a registered homosexual partnership with another Lutheran priest, Gunilla Linden ....
The bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. "adds to the disruption and uncertainty already faced by many of our fellow citizens," said Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit in a June 1 statement.(PEOPLE)
Jun 12, 2009 ... The bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. "adds to the disruption and uncertainty already faced by many of our fellow citizens," said Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit in a June 1 statement. He asked all Catholics to join him "as we implore ...
State-run Korea Railroads is planning to provide special train and bus service for people who want to visit the grave of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan outside Seoul.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... State-run Korea Railroads is planning to provide special train and bus service for people who want to visit the grave of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan outside Seoul. The former head of ...
One of the most influential Americans in the Roman curia, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, announced he is retiring as head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the office that handles penitential issues, matters of conscience and indulgences.(PEOPLE)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... One of the most influential Americans in the Roman curia, Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, announced he is retiring as head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the office that handles penitential issues, matters of conscience and indulgences. Stafford, 77, has held a number of top Vatican posts ...
White House consults on how to make abortion rarer.(NATION)
Jun 12, 2009; ... WASHINGTON * To state the obvious, the Obama administration is not about to take any steps to make abortion illegal. But after 35 years of culture wars, the administration is engaged in extensive consultations on what can be done to make abortion rarer in this country. ...
Murder in Kansas.(NATION)(George Tiller murder)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leilah Ramzah, 16, lays a stuffed bear at the gated entrance of Women's Health Care Services' in Wichita, Kan., May 31, after the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller. Tiller, who provided ...