CATHOLIC NEWS: Pope Benedict arrives in Cyprus... PLUS 6 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Pope Benedict arrives in Cyprus... PLUS 6 MORE

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Pope Benedict arrives in Cyprus

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Pope Benedict calls for Christian unity during an ecumenical ceremony in Cyprus.

Don't forget: Today is National Donut Day

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:44 AM PDT

Friday, June 4, is National Donut Day, when Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts (no purchase required) and Dunkin' Donuts' customers also get a freebie (with the purchase of any beverage).

In Vatican lawsuits, who's really the little guy?

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:08 AM PDT

Over the last decade, the Vatican has been hit with at least ten lawsuits in American courts, on matters ranging from an insurance scam to the sexual abuse crisis. Off and on I've written about these cases, and I've always been curious about one odd feature of the story: How is it that the Vatican's legal brain trust in the States ended up concentrated in the notoriously...

DC Makes, Trenton Takes: For Bishop David, a "Great Diocese"

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:25 AM PDT

As Pope Benedict arrived at the Catholic University of America to address Catholic educators during his 2008 visit to the East Coast, just before the speech the Secret Service's tightly-scripted plans had the school's president riding alone in an elevator with the pontiff. Even most cardinals haven't experienced a moment of the sort. And for months...

A Father-Prez Homecoming: CU's O'Connell to Trenton

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Good Friday mornin', folks… and a happy one it is 'round these parts: the Pope has named Vincentian Fr David O'Connell, 55 -- the departing president of the Catholic University of America in Washington -- as coadjutor-bishop of Trenton, where he'll succeed Bishop John M. Smith as head of the 800,000-member Central Jersey diocese early next year.

"Lost" found its ending at a Catholic school in Hawaii

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT

If you saw the "Lost" finale, you couldn't miss the religious overtones -- or the setting. Now CNS is revealing where it was filmed: The gateway to heaven is through the chapel doors at Sacred Hearts Academy in Honolulu. Or so one could argue after watching the series finale of the ABC-TV show "Lost" in late May.

Ugandan Martyrs: Catholics and Anglicans Together for Christ

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:05 AM PDT

If I were to found an Anglican Use Catholic Church, I would name it Catholic Church of the Ugandan Martyrs. Not only are the Catholic Ugandan Martyrs a contemporary witness to the power of Christ against tyranny - they also died alongside Anglicans Ugandan martyrs who also wished preserve their baptismal integrity by not submitting to the king's sodomy.