News Bites

Of the Pope and the Vatican

1. Pope encourages Cuba to open hearts to the world, and world to open hearts to Cuba
   


2. Pope Benedict concludes catechesis series begun by John Paul II, says Mary’s words demonstrate: ‘God takes the side of least and lowliest’
   


3. Pope posts Vatican's Muslim expert to Egypt
   


4. Pope Benedict at audience: Psalms, canticles ‘flowering garden’
   


5. Pope, Curia leaders to continue talks on SSPX
   


6. God Walks With All Cubans, Says Papal Message On 20th Anniversary of National Ecclesial Meeting
   


7. Benedict XVI Tells of God's Favorites Comments on Mary's Magnificat
   


8. Benedict XVI Tells of God's Favorites
   


9. Pope Urges "Spirituality of Communion" Among Bishops
   


10. God Walks With All Cubans, Says Papal Message
    


11. Vatican prelate reassigned; more changes to follow?
    


12. BENEDICT XVI CONCLUDES CATECHESIS OF JOHN PAUL II
    


13. MESSAGE TO CUBANS: OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD AND THE WORLD
    


14. OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
    


15. Community of St. John Gets Papal Advice
    


16. Delegate Is Named to Arab League
    

Mohammad Cartoons

1. Harvard students print Danish cartoons
   


2. Muslim Countries Seek U.N. Ban to Shield Religions Defamation Seen as Inconsistent With Freedom of Expression
   

ProLife

1. Condom manufacturers and abortion industry hijack St. Valentine's Day
   


2. Cardinal Pell enters abortion pill debate
   


3. Mexican cardinal warns of attacks on the family
   


4. Archbishop questions statistics behind efforts to promote abortion in Argentina
   


5. Wal-Mart Ordered to Carry Abortifacient Morning After Pill
   


6. Australian Cardinal on Abortion: Tide is Changing, Not as Fast as in US, But Changing
   

Of the Interest to the Church

1. Church should stress shroud's spiritual value, official says
   


2. New Catholic cardinals? Rumors fly about Pope Benedict’s 1st selections
   


3. Vatican delegation
   


4. National Catholic Reporter: Archdiocese support $40 million for troubled museum, cardinal says
   


5. RCIA better when priests, laypeople work together
   


6. Cardinal Ruini re-appointed president of Italian Bishops’ Conference
   


7. Catholic Church being flayed by diocesan 'corporation sole' status
   


8. Chinese altar server lights way for vocations
   


9. Priest 1st Israeli named Melkite archbishop
   


10. Italian Judges Rule Crucifix Can Remain in Public Schools
    


11. Canadian Bishops’ Twelfth-Grade Moral Textbook “Fails Dismally” to Present Moral Teaching
    

Anti-Catholic

1. Hollywood director takes shot at Catholicism again, says Catholic League
   

Political

1. Debate on Abortion drifts to Concern of Rising Muslim Population in Australia
   


2. KOSOVO: Controversial provisions in latest religion law draft
   


3. KOSOVO: Secrecy surrounds latest religion law's drafting
   


4. Supreme Court Justice Scalia Calls Belief in “Living Constitution” Idiocy
   


5. Indiana House Defies Judge with 83-0 Vote for Christian Prayer
   

Views, Interviews, and Commentaries

1. Personal tastes must not shape Christian belief, says San Antonio Archbishop, only the truth of Christ
   


2. German cardinal offers reflections on anniversary of Sister Lucia’s death
   


3. Cardinal Martino on the Need for Peacemakers
   


4. ABORTION AND THE GAY AGENDA: SECULARISM'S BIG GUNS
   


5. Philosophy Behind "Deus Caritas Est"Interview With Catholic University's Monsignor Sokolowski
   


6. Commentary on the Magnificat "The Lord Places Himself on the Side of the Least"
   


7. Russia's Lack of Vocations: a Family Affair According to Vicar General of Archdiocese in Moscow
   


8. Cardinal Martino on the Need for Peacemakers Vatican Official Publishes a New Book
   

General Interest

1. Annan Says U.S. Should Close Gitmo Prison