News/International
Family businesses win victory in U.S. appeals court decision on HHS suit
By Sean Gallagher, Catholic News ServiceINDIANAPOLIS - A Catholic family in Madison that owns a vehicle lighting manufacturing company won an important religious liberty victory in a Nov. 8 ruling handed down by a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Desperate Filipinos add to challenging logistics of delivering aid
By Simone Orendain, Catholic News ServiceMANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- International and local groups were poised to get aid to the worst-hit areas of the typhoon-stricken central Philippines, but the challenges of getting help to communities growing desperate for food and water went beyond just making sure roads were clear.
Cardinal Bartolucci, former Sistine Chapel Choir director, dies at 96
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Italian Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci, who had devoted most of his priestly life to music and served as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir for more than 40 years, died Nov. 11 at the age of 96.
After cease-fire, Congo's bishops say much work remains before peace
By Catholic News ServiceGOMA, Congo - The Catholic Church rejoiced at the end of a yearlong military campaign in North Kivu by the defeated rebels of the M23 movement, but made it clear that much remains to be done to consolidate that peace.
At Manila air base, distraught family members hope for plane to Leyte
By Simone Orendain, Catholic News ServiceMANILA, Philippines - The back entry to the grandstand at the Villamor Air Base was teeming with people as the noon sun peaked. It was Nov. 11, three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan pounded the central Philippine islands, leaving a path of overwhelming destruction that emergency and relief workers were hard-pressed to penetrate.
Pope leads prayers, calls for aid for Philippines
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Pope Francis led prayers for people hit by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines and surrounding region, and asked that concrete aid be sent soon.
Vatican to put St. Peter's relics on display for first time
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - For the first time, the bones traditionally believed to be the relics of St. Peter the Apostle will be on public display for veneration.
Consultation sought on family issues
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Vatican is seeking worldwide input on such issues as marriage, same-sex marriage, contraception, divorce and family life in a wide-ranging questionnaire distributed to bishops.
Vatican embassy in Syria hit, damaged by mortar strike
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - A mortar round hit the apostolic nunciature in the Syrian capital, causing limited damage to the building and no casualties because of the early hour of the strike, said the Vatican ambassador to Syria.
Christians, Muslims meet at the crossroads of Mary
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe three Abrahamic faiths have all sorts of things in common, in addition to their significant differences. But the unique meeting point for Islam and Christianity may be their shared memory of a Jewish peasant girl who gave miraculous birth to Jesus.
EWTN's Warsaw is new chairman at network; Keck succeeds as president
By Catholic News ServiceIRONDALE, Ala. - Michael P. Warsaw, a longtime executive at the Eternal Word Television Network who has been its president since 2000 and CEO since 2009, has been promoted to board chairman.