SSPX expels Bishop Williamson, who opposed talks with Vatican
October 24, 2012 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The leadership of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X has expelled British Bishop Richard Williamson from the society, saying he distanced himself from them and refused “to show due respect and obedience to his lawful superiors.”
Pope names six new cardinals, including US Archbishop Harvey
October 24, 2012 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI surprised pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 24 by announcing he would create six new cardinals, including 63-year-old U.S. Archbishop James M. Harvey, prefect of the papal household, in late November.
Material progress not enough to make people free, happy, pope says
October 24, 2012 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The world’s huge technological and scientific progress hasn’t always made people freer or happier, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Catholic scientist at Stanford shares Nobel Prize for work in chemistry
October 22, 2012 Catholic News Service ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Who could have predicted that a student from St. Mary’s Grade School in Little Falls would one day win a Nobel Prize? But that’s what Dr. Brian Kobilka accomplished.
Archbishop Wenski says lawsuit needed to see HHS mandate overturned
October 24, 2012 Catholic News Service MIAMI — The Obama administration “has not shown any inclination to rescind” its requirement that most religious employers cover contraceptives for their workers, so “we need to get this mandate overturned” by the courts, said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.
US leaders urged to put respect for human dignity at center of issues
October 24, 2012 Catholic News Service DENVER – The Secular Franciscan Order urged U.S. business leaders and government officials, including the next U.S. president, to approach economic and political issues with the “foundational premise” that “all of creation, especially human life, has dignity and value.”
Vatican approves Oct. 22 as US memorial for Blessed John Paul II
October 22, 2012 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – A new liturgical memorial — Oct. 22 — has been approved for Blessed John Paul II by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
Native Americans feel ‘pulled up’ by Blessed Kateri becoming a saint
October 22, 2012 Catholic News Service LA CROSSE, Wis. — Since 1997, Eleanor St. John has lived for the day when one of her greatest heroes would be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church — Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.
The Catholic Difference: Burke vs. Hobbes
October 17, 2012 By George Weigel You likely think, gentle reader, that the 2012 presidential race is a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. That, of course, is true, insofar as the names of our November 6 ballots go. But the 2012 race for the White House is something …
New York’s Cardinal Dolan embraces a new role: pastor in Rome
October 15, 2012 Catholic News Service ROME — As a reminder that the early popes were elected by the pastors of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI – like his predecessors – assigns each new cardinal to serve as honorary pastor of one of the city’s churches.
