Catholic World News

Militant Hindus are charging that a Catholic nun "wounded the religious sentiments of the community" when she disrupted a Hindu religious ceremony organized by a student during class in a ...

"Ireland used to be full of one-eyed nationalists," writes columnist David Quinn in the Irish Independent. "Today, it is full of one-eyed secularists." Quinn points to a Labor Party ...

The head of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has indicated that the traditionalist group remains at odds with the Vatican on key issues regarding the teachings of Vatican II. In a ...

Francis Beckwith argues that the Obama administration's mandate for contraceptive coverage betrays a radical approach to religious freedom, and one fundamentally at odds with the original ...

A retired US Army general has withdrawn from a commitment to speak at the US Military Academy because of complaints from Islamic groups. Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a decorated veteran of ...

Facing enormous public pressure, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has rescinded a decision to drop funding for Planned Parenthood, and issued a public policy for announcing that decision ...

More than 550 people have filed claims for compensation because of sexual abuse by clerics of the Milwaukee archdiocese. The claims were filed just before a deadline imposed by ...

For those just catching up with the dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic hierarchy, an AP story accurately sketches the ...

Pope Benedict XVI has called all members of the College of Cardinals to join in a day of reflection on February 17, on the eve of the consistory at which he will create 21 new ...

Celebrating the feast of the Presentation and the Day of Consecrated Life at Vespers in St. Peter's basilica on February 2, Pope Benedict XVI tied the two observances together in his ...

In an editorial column for the Washington Examiner, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has denounced the Obama administration for requiring Catholic institutions to provide ...

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on February 2, President Barack Obama discussed how his faith has influenced his policies and avoided any reference to the ...

A Swiss writer and philosopher has announced plans to build a £1M ($1.58 million) temple to atheism in London. "Normally a temple is to Jesus, Mary, or Buddha, but you can build a ...

The Vatican Observatory, joined by Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Pisa University's physics department, is sponsoring "Stories from Another World," an exhibition in Pisa. ...

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has printed one million "faith cards" for distribution to the faithful. "It's an idea that we had to remind people that they are ...

Five priests affiliated with the underground Church in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have been arrested in Erenhot, a small city of 16,000 on the Mongolian border. The five were ...

The president for the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization has announced that the metropolitan missions that are taking place in 12 European cities this Lent will expand ...

A report on the handling of sex-abuse complaints in Ireland has found serious flaws in the response of the police. The Garda, the Irish police force, routinely failed to report ...

In a remarkable reversal of most other analyses, columnist Joan Vennochi of the Boston Globe argues that in a confrontation over mandated coverage of contraception in health-care policies, ...

A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a complaint against the Vatican, brought by insurance commissioners in connection with an elaborate financial scheme conducted by a man who had ...