http://www.cathnews.com a Service of Church Resources http://www.cathnews.com http://www.cathnews.com/_sharedimg/img_cathnews_logo_rss.jpg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss CathNews Thu, 17 May 2012 07:50:57 +1100 Thu, 17 May 2012 07:50:57 +1100 Recently leaked documents reveal the correspondence between four bishops of the Society of St Pius X, which show disagreement over reconciliation efforts with the Vatican, reports the Catholic News Agency.  http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31336 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31336 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Benedict XVI will travel to Lebanon in September, to stop the exodus of minorities and build a bridge of peace toward Iran and Syria, reports Vatican Insider. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31349 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31349 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Leaders of the Legionaries of Christ religious order knew that their most famous priest had fathered a child for many months before they acknowledged it this week, a top Vatican official told Reuters, reports Yahoo7. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31350 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31350 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The new personal ordinariate will be a “homecoming” for former Anglicans joining the Catholic Church later this year, reports The Catholic Weekly. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31345 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31345 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The new Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge says the Church's greatest challenge is to become a more missionary Church "at a time when a certain institutional diminishment can tempt us to circle the wagons in some supposedly self-protective manoeuvre," reports The Catholic Leader. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31346 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31346 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Bishop-elect McGuckin has been to Toowoomba before but today will make his first visit to the Garden City since his appointment. He says he is looking forward to building on the good work of his predecessors, reports The Toowoomba Chronicle.   http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31340 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31340 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The producer of the widely-popular The Journey of Moses Facebook game is venturing into historic territory by creating the first-ever video game based on the life of Jesus, reports the Catholic News Agency. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31347 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31347 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Italian fashion firm Benetton has agreed to make a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an advertisement that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips, according to the Vatican, Reuters reported on Yahoo7. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31348 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31348 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Some members of the Pontifical Academy for Life have written a letter accusing leaders of the dicastery of not following Catholic doctrine in the fields of life, sexuality and the family, Vatican Insider reports. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31351 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31351 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Congregation, who celebrated the centenary of the formation of their Australian Province last year, also have projects in 27 countries. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31259 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31259 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Some audiences will find this comedy/parody a hoot, Tim Burton-style. On the one hand, it has no uplifting moral values to explore. On the other, it is an entertaining and often clever spoof.The danger is that some audiences will either take it too seriously or not seriously enough. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31353 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31353 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100 With an 85-year-old pope beginning to show his age, speculation about who might come next is always in the background, even if it’s on a low boil, writes John Allen in NCR Online. Here I offer a sort of “poll average” of the current state of thinking about likely papal candidates among Vatican-watchers.   http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31352 http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31352 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1100