Siria
Syrian Archbishop of Aleppo appeals for dialogue, peace  
Radio Vaticana 

The Greek Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo says fighting was continuing Thursday in several districts of Syria’s biggest commercial city. Metropolitan Archbishop Jean Clement Jeanbart says the areas under siege in the northern city are mostly in the outskirts which (...)

Polonia
Pologne: le patriarche orthodoxe russe Kirill entame une visite historique  
AFP 

Le chef de l'Eglise orthodoxe russe Kirill est arrivé jeudi à Varsovie pour signer avec l'Eglise catholique de Pologne un appel historique à la réconciliation, avec en toile de fond les protestations contre le procès à Moscou du groupe punk Pussy Riot. "C'est une occasion (...)

Vaticano
Need for Vatican transparency  
The Tablet 

(From the editor’s desk) Countless connections exist between the Catholic Church and ancient Rome, not least its location in the Eternal City and its official language. It remains to be seen whether the Roman principle of natural justice – that some legal notions are self-evident (...)

Russia
Russie: la juge des Pussy Riot placée sous protection à la veille d'un jugement controversé  
AFP 

(Laetitia Peron) La juge chargée du procès des Pussy Riot a été placée sous protection de l'Etat après des menaces, à la veille de la lecture du jugement concernant les trois membres de ce groupe punk, qui ont obtenu jeudi le soutien de l'ex-Beatles Paul McCartney. "Les (...)

Russia
La Iglesia Ortodoxa no es lo bastante activa políticamente, según las encuestas

Rusia Hoy
La mitad de los rusos cree que la Iglesia Ortodoxa Rusa influye en la política interna del país.  Según los datos registrados por el Centro Ruso de Estudio de la Opinión Pública (VTsIOM por sus siglas en ruso), la mayoría de los ciudadanos del país aprueba esta relación entre (...)

Filippine
Clergy urge local govt to end violence in Basilan province  
CBCP news 

The local church in Basilan province has condemned the series of violence that rocked the volatile territory in recent days even as it called on government to end hostility in troubled communities. In a pastoral statement, Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Prelature of (...)

Italia
Crociata: “La crisi si annida nei comportamenti individualistici”

Vatican Insider
"Ai cattolici impegnati in diversi schieramenti e formazioni è commesso l`onere di testimoniare quella convergenza originaria attorno alla fede e alla sua verità, che sono per tutti i credenti ragione di vita e radice di pensiero e di giudizio sulla realtà. In quella convergenza, andrà (...)

Italia
Etiopia: Riccardi, cordoglio per morte patriarca Chiesa ortodossa  
Asca 

''Sono rimasto profondamente colpito e addolorato dalla scomparsa improvvisa del patriarca della Chiesa Ortodossa Etiopica, Abuna Paulos, un amico da molti anni e punto di riferimento fondamentale per il suo paese e la sua chiesa, una delle piu' antiche del mondo e la piu' (...)

Spagna
Rouco invita a hacer una mención especial en las misas al cumplirse un año de la JMJ de Madrid

Europa Press
El director ejecutivo de la Jornada Mundial de la Juventud (JMJ)  Madrid 2011, Yago de la Cierva, ha asegurado que el cardenal arzobispo de Madrid y presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Española (CEE), Antonio María Rouco Varela, ha invitado a hacer una mención (...)

Germania
Nuncio: Pope's German Critics Harm Themselves More than Benedict
NC Register 

(Edward Pentin) Pope Benedict XVI is pained by the closed attitude Germans sometimes show him, and views their critical stance as a particularly German phenomenon, the country’s apostolic nuncio has said. "The Pope suffers from the sometimes closed attitude (...)

Stati Uniti
The Archdiocese of Atlanta received a substantial gift:  50 percent share of the trademark and literary rights to “Gone With the Wind”  
The Georgia Bulletin 

(Gretchen Keiser) The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a substantial gift from the estate of Margaret Mitchell’s nephew, Joseph, including a 50 percent share of the trademark and literary rights to “Gone With the Wind.” The estate of Joseph Mitchell included (...)

Vaticano
França: Vaticano ao lado dos bispos católicos em defesa da família

Agência Ecclesia
O presidente do Conselho Pontifício para a Família (CPF) colocou-se hoje ao lado da Conferência Episcopal Francesa em defesa do matrimónio entre homem e mulher, criticando a “moda cultural” que leva à exaltação do indivíduo. D. Vincenzo Paglia falava à Rádio Vaticano (...)

Russia
Le métropolite Hilarion de Volokolamsk : Russes et Polonais doivent avancer à la rencontre l’un de l’autre en tant que chrétiens et que parents  
Eglise Orthodoxe Russe 

L’un des évènements centraux de la visite du Patriarche Cyrille en Pologne sera la signature d’un document sur la réconciliation des peuples russe et polonais conjointement avec le chef de l’Église catholique dans ce pays, l’archevêque Yuzef Mihalik. Parlez-nous de ce document (...)

Siria
Syrian Media Stresses Patriarch Al-Rahi's Call from Lebanon  
Prensa Latina 

Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rahi, urged the international community to do everything possible to find a suitable political solution to the crisis in Syria through dialogue and reconciliation, local media states today. According to Syrian news agency SANA, during (...)

Paraguay
Iglesia pide consenso y opción por el bien común

abc.com.py
El arzobispo de Asunción, Mons. Edmundo Valenzuela, exhortó ayer en la fiesta de la Virgen de la Asunción a establecer consensos para la construcción de una nación. Instó a trabajar por el bien común, la paz, la justicia y la libertad. Clamó por ayuda para los enfermos, campesinos, (...)

Polonia
Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill arrives on historic visit to Catholic Poland

Ap - The Washington Post
The controversial head of Russia’s Orthodox Church arrived Thursday in Poland for a trip hailed as a promising step in the thorny relationship between the two countries. But the historic visit could be overshadowed by the verdict in the case of punk rock provocateurs who (...)

Stati Uniti
The Catholic church in America. Earthly concerns

The Economist
The Catholic church is as big as any company in America. Bankruptcy cases have shed some light on its finances and their mismanagement. Of all the organisations that serve America’s poor, few do more good work than the Catholic church: its schools and hospitals provide (...)

Francia
A sette anni dalla morte di frère Roger, resta viva la sua eredità nella comunità di Taizé

Radio Vaticana
Sette anni fa, il 16 agosto 2005, moriva frère Roger Schultz, fondatore della Comunità ecumenica di Taizé, ucciso da una squilibrata mentre celebrava la Messa. Taizé, fondata nel 1940, è una comunità monastica, basata sull’accoglienza e sulla fratellanza universale e (...)

Belgio
"Vangheluwe is being publicly crucified"  
Expatica 

The disgraced former Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe has dismissed the further allegations of sexual abuse that emerged earlier this week. Bishop Vangheluwe’s solicitor Joris Van Cauter writes in an open letter published in Thursday’s editions of the dailies ‘De Standaard’ (...)

Etiopia
Leader musulmani in carcere, monta la protesta contro il governo  
Misna 

Le associazioni per i diritti umani in Etiopia e all’estero hanno esortato il governo di Addis Abeba a rilasciare i 17 leader musulmani arrestati nel corso delle proteste verificatesi nelle scorse settimane nella capitale. Lo riporta la stampa sudanese secondo cui dalla metà di (...)

Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh portrait replaces cross / Church sources say authorities forced the removal of worship items from chapel
UCANews 

Government authorities from a district in the Central Highlands last week compelled ethnic villagers to remove Catholic pictures and items from their chapel and replaced them with images of Ho Chi Minh last weekend. “After local Catholics finished prayers in the (...)

Belgio
Las denuncias contra la Iglesia belga por abusos son ya 800, según la prensa

EFE
La Fiscalía federal, los fiscales locales y los obispos de Bélgica reciben aún cada mes nuevas denuncias de víctimas de abusos sexuales cometidos en la Iglesia católica, que suman ya más de 800 demandas ante una instancia oficial, informa hoy la Gaceta de Amberes. (...)

Russia
Russian church leader rejects criticism over state ties

Reuters
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has called President Vladimir Putin's rule a "miracle of God", defended its close ties with the state on Friday against criticism fuelled by the trial of three members of the Pussy Riot punk band. In remarks published a day before a (...)

Vaticano
Mariage gay: le Vatican soutient la prière des évêques français   
TF1 

Par l'intermédiaire du président du Conseil pontifical de la famille, Mgr Vincenzo Paglia, le Vatican a apporté son soutien aux évêques français qui ont consacré leur prière de l'Assomption à la famille. Les évêques français ont raison d'insister pour que les enfants "puissent (...)

Repubblica Ceca
Czech Senate rejects government bill on church restitution  
ceske noviny 

The Czech Senate rejected after a day-long debate the government-sponsored bill on property settlement between the state and churches by the votes of the left today. -- The bill was rejected by 43 senators out of 77 present. Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democrats, ODS) (...)

Paraguay
En inusual acto, iglesia evangélica da un fuerte respaldo al Gobierno

La Nación.py
Aprovechando el festejo del 475º aniversario de la fundación de Asunción, el sector evangélico del país aprovechó para brindar todo su apoyo a los presidentes de los tres poderes del Estado, Federico Franco, Jorge Oviedo Matto y Víctor Núñez. Éstos, además del intendente de (...)

Polonia
Il Patriarca Kiril in Polonia. In attesa di incontrare il Papa   
Korazym 

(Andrea Gagliarducci) Sarà un messaggio comune ai popoli in lingua polacca e lingua russa il momento più importante della visita che il patriarca ortodosso Russo Kirill si appresta a fare in Polonia, dal oggi al 19 di agosto. È la prima volta che un capo della Chiesa ortodossa va in visita (...)

Bolivia
Iglesia envía un mensaje de unidad a católicos

Opinión
Más de mil personas se concentraron en la plaza 15 de Agosto, frente al templo San Ildefonso, para participar de la solemne eucaristía, la misa principal de la Virgen María de Urkupiña. Los visitantes y feligreses llevaron sus imágenes de la Virgen para hacerlas bendecir y (...)

Svizzera
WCC expresses sorrow over death of Abune Paulos  
WCC 

Renowned Christian leader and World Council of Churches (WCC) president Abune Paulos, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, passed away Thursday, 16 August, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Patriarch Abune Paulos was admired around the world for his work (...)

Francia
Polemiche sulla Preghiera per la Francia: mons. Paglia solidale con i vescovi francesi

Radio Vaticana
In tutte le chiese della Francia è risuonata ieri, in occasione della Solennità dell’Assunzione, la Preghiera alla Vergine per la nazione. Un’antica preghiera caduta in disuso e riproposta dai vescovi francesi. Si è pregato per le vittime della crisi economica, per la Siria, i governanti, (...)

Indonesia
'Muslims can practice their religion freely’

The Jakarta Post
China might be officially an atheist, communist state, but it has more Muslims than Malaysia — a Muslim majority state in Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, can Muslims practice their religion freely in a communist country? Earlier this month, several international media outlets, (...)

Etiopia
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch dies
The Africa Report 

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has announced the death of its patriarch, Abune Paulos.  Paulos, whose full title was His Holiness Abune Paulos, Fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Ichege of the See of St Tekle Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum, died early Thursday (...)

Etiopia
Muere Abune Paulos, patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa de Etiopía

EFE
El patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa de Etiopía, Abune Paulos, murió hoy a los 76 años, confirmó a Efe el portavoz de la Oficina del Patriarca, Stalin Gebre-Silasie, tras ser divulgada la noticia por varios medios locales. Paulos murió esta mañana en un hospital de Adis Abeba, dijo a Efe (...)

India
CBCI Delegation calls on the President of India  
CBCI 

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India’s delegation, led by its President His Eminence Cardinal Oswald Gracias called on Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the new President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. His Grace Archbishop Albert D’Souza, the Secretary(...)

Ghana
Religious leaders urged to lead the HIV campaign

Ghanaweb
Religious leaders have been challenged to stop the “denial” and take a leading role in the campaign against the spread of HIV in the country. Ms Golda Grace Asante of the Eastern Regional Technical Support Unit of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) threw the (...)

Costa Rica
Iglesia alerta ante leyes ‘antinatalistas’ e ideología de género

La Nación
La Iglesia católica lanzó a sus fieles una advertencia por la promoción de leyes “antinatalistas” y “anticristianas”, así como por políticas de salud y educación “influidas por la ideología de género”. El llamado lo realizaron los obispos de la Conferencia Episcopal mediante el comunicado (...)

Canada
Reasonable accommodation, religion come to the fore in Quebec election   
The Globe & Mail 

The uneasy debate over “reasonable accommodation” for immigrants, including what religious symbols they can wear, burst into the Quebec election campaign on Wednesday. It found fuel from a mayor’s racially charged comments, a candidate’s distaste for the crucifix hanging (...)

Polonia
Messaggio del Papa ad un’associazione polacca per la difesa della vita: aiutare le coppie in difficoltà ad accogliere i figli
Radio Vaticana 

Benedetto XVI ha inviato un messaggio ai partecipanti al 301.mo Pellegrinaggio a piedi da Varsavia al Santuario di Czestochowa, in occasione del 25.mo anniversario dell’iniziativa, in difesa della vita, chiamata “Opera per l’adozione spirituale del concepito”. Si (...)

Stati Uniti
New poll on gun views

NC Reporter
(Zoe Ryan) A poll released today  conducted by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion New Service found: "Fifty-two percent of the public favor passing stricter gun control laws, while 44% are opposed. There are dramatic differences by (...)

Poll: Religious groups divided on gun control, but united against guns in churches (Lauren Markoe, RNS)

Italia
L'Ultima cena. Per molti ma non per tutti

“la Lettura”- Rassegna "Fine Settimana" 

(Luigi Accattoli) «Questo è il calice del mio sangue per la nuova ed eterna alleanza, versato per voi e per tutti in remissione dei peccati»: dice così l'attuale formula della consacrazione del vino in traduzione italiana. Ma da sei anni il Papa chiede che in tutto il mondo si adotti una (...)

Belgio
Plus de 800 plaintes pour des abus au sein de l’Eglise  
Le Soir

De nouvelles plaintes d’abus affluent chaque mois aux autorités et aux évêchés. « Certaines victimes ont besoin de beaucoup de temps pour se signaler au parquet », affirme la porte-parole du parquet fédéral. -- Le parquet fédéral, les parquets locaux et les évêchés reçoivent (...)

Roger Vangheluwe, l’indéfendable? (Joris Van Cauter, avocat de l’ancien évêque de Bruges) (Le Soir)

Stati Uniti
LCWR's annual meeting: Some reflections and a little back story

NC Reporter
(Jamie L Manson) In the 18th century, they crossed the Atlantic in small ships, fending off pirates along the way, to get to this country. Once they were here, they ministered to the wounded on the battlefields of the Civil War and provided aid to victims of the great San (...)

Panamà
Gobierno busca acercamiento con iglesias cristianas del país 

horacero.com.pa
En continuación con una política de acercamiento con los diversos sectores del país, el ministro de la Presidencia, Roberto Henríquez, se reunió con representantes del Comité Ecuménico de Panamá (COEPA), organización que aglutina a las iglesias cristianas del país. Entre los (...)

Polonia
Kirill da oggi in Polonia. Il valore della visita e del documento per la riconciliazione va oltre i confini di due Paesi  
Korazym 

(Anna T. Kowalewska) La visita del patriarca Kirill a Varsavia va inserita nella "fitta trama di rapporti personali e istituzionali" di cui parla don Andrea Palmieri del Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani, la quale in maniera efficace "contribuisce alla formazione(...)

Stati Uniti
Paul Ryan, Joe Biden: A Tale Of Two Catholics

RNS - Huffington Post
(Daniel Burke) The 2012 presidential campaign could bear a new subtitle: A Tale of Two Catholics. For the first time in U.S. history, both sides of the ballot include Roman Catholics: Democrats' Vice President Joe Biden, and Republicans' newly named vice presidential  (...)

Messico
Iglesia católica inicia cruzada para incorporar jóvenes a la fe

El Excélsior
El cardenal Norberto Rivera encabeza las Fiestas Patronales de la Catedral, consagrada a la Asunción de la Virgen María.  La Iglesia católica iniciara una "Cruzada" para incorporar a los jóvenes a la fe, anuncio este mediodía el cardenal Norberto Rivera Carrera, al encabezar (...)

Stati Uniti
Interesting new reports link religion, leadership and gender  
Washington Post 

(Jena McGregor) On Tuesday, the New York Times put together a remarkable chart showing that, with the naming of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate, there are now no white protestants among this country’s top leaders in Washington. Both Joe Biden (...)

A Historical Benchmark for Religion and Race (The New York Times)

Germania
Il 18 agosto, il più giovane cardinale della Chiesa, l'arcivescovo di Berlino Rainer Maria Woelki, compie 56 anni

(a cura Redazione "Il sismografo")
(Luis Badilla) Sei mesi dopo aver ricevuto da Papa Benedetto XVI la berretta cardinalizia (18 febbraio 2012), l'arcivescovo di Berlino, cardinale Rainer Maria Woelki, sabato 18 prossimo compierà 56 anni. Il porporato è attualmente fra i 208 cardinali il più giovane. Nella storia della Chiesa ci sono stati cardinali creati quando erano ancora più giovani dell'arcivescovo di Berlino; basta ricordare che Papa Ratzinger stesso diventò cardinale a 50 anni.

Russia
Patriarch Kirill calls on Russians and Poles to forgive each other (Interview to the Polish media ahead of his visit to Poland)
Interfax

The time has come for Russia and Poland to open a new page in their relations, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said. "The very tone of relations between our countries and people needs to be changed. But it is necessary to say "forgive me" before changing this tone," (...)

Patriarch Kirill says it is too early to set date for his meeting with Pope

Stati Uniti
Paul Ryan’s Bishop Defends Him Amid Attacks on His Application of Church Teaching

NC Register
(Joan Frawley Desmond) Earlier this year, when Georgetown University announced that Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the chairman of the House Budget Committee, would defend his budget in a public address, almost 90 faculty members at the Jesuit institution publicly denounced (...)

Stati Uniti
Convicted Philadelphia monsignor asks appeals court for bail
AP - SFGate 

An imprisoned Roman Catholic monsignor is again seeking bail while he appeals what defense lawyers call his novel and controversial child-endangerment conviction. The lawyers say Monsignor William Lynn has a good chance of having his landmark case overturned (...)

Argentina
Incógnita en Argentina sobre inicio de juicio por crimen de sacerdotes  
EFE - Univision 

Un tribunal oral de la norteña provincia argentina de La Rioja tiene previsto iniciar este jueves un juicio por el crimen de dos sacerdotes ocurrido en la última dictadura militar, aunque hay dudas sobre la comparecencia de dos de los tres acusados.Fuentes judiciales consultadas (...)

Polonia
Les orthodoxes polonais, «Martiens» en terre catholique  
Le Figaro 

(Arielle Thedrel) Regroupée dans la région de Podlachie, à l'est du pays, la communauté orthodoxe cohabite tant bien que mal avec les catholiques, ultra-majoritaires en Pologne. -- Il faut trois heures pour parcourir les quelque 200 km qui séparent Varsovie de Bialystok. (...)

Stati Uniti
Cardinal Timothy Dolan defends Obama invitation to Al Smith Dinner  
RNS - NC Reporter 

(Chris Lisee) New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan defended his invitation of President Barack Obama to the annual Al Smith Dinner in October, saying he is trying to encourage civility and dialogue amid a bitter battle with the White House over abortion rights and access (...)

Polonia
Il patriarca Kirill per la prima volta in Polonia  
AsiaNews 

Per la prima volta un primate della Chiesa russo-ortodossa fa visita alla comunità cristiana polacca. Da Mosca: nessun messaggio politico nella missione. -- La visita del patriarca di Mosca Kirill in Polonia, la prima di un primate della Chiesa russo-ortodossa, mira a migliorare (...)

Stati Uniti
Passing Of Nellie Gray, March For Life Founder, Mourned By Pro-Life Spokeswoman
Sito dell'episcopato statunitense
At news of the death of Miss Nellie Gray, founder and long-time organizer of the annual national March for Life in Washington, Deirdre McQuade, assistant director for policy and communications at the Pro-Life Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic (...)

Argentina
Benedicto XVI llama a la Acción Católica Argentina “gimnasios de santidad”

ACI/EWTN Noticias
El Papa Benedicto XVI  dirigió un mensaje a los participantes de la 27º Asamblea Federal de la Acción Católica Argentina (ACA), alentándolos a ser generosos transmisores de la fe, pues sus grupos son conocidos por ser “gimnasios de santidad”. “Sus grupos son gimnasios de (...)

Bolivia
Iglesia Católica plantea inclusión de pregunta sobre religión en boleta de censal

fmbolivia.com.bo
El arzobispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Cochabamba, Luis Sainz, planteó el miércoles incluir una pregunta sobre el tema de religión en la boleta del Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda que se realizará el miércoles 21 de noviembre del presente año en Bolivia. (...)

Como buen devoto católico, Evo escucha misa y reza a la Virgen de Urkupiña (BolPress)

Francia
Monsignor Barbarin: “Non bisogna snaturare il matrimonio” (Intervista)  
Le Figaro - Rassegna "Fine Settimana"

(Jean-Marie Guénois) Mercoledì, in occasione della festa dell'Assunzione, una “proposta nazionale per una preghiera dei fedeli” scritta dal cardinale André Vingt-Trois, presidente della Conferenza episcopale francese, è stata ripresa nella maggior parte delle parrocchie(...)

Stati Uniti
Family Research Council guard shot by gunman in D.C.  
The Washington Post 

An armed intruder, spouting opposition to social conservatism, walked into the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council on Wednesday and shot a security guard before the wounded guard and others wrestled him to the floor and subdued him until police (...)

(fr) Un tireur fait un blessé dans un groupe chrétien de Washington (AFP - La Presse)

Italia
Bagnasco: "Bene i vescovi francesi. La famiglia valore universale"  
La Repubblica - Genova

Il cardinale presidente della Cei sostiene il richiamo dell'episcopato d'oltrealpe e ribadisce che l'unione marito-moglie è la "cellula fondativa della società che garantisce vita ed educazione alle nuove generazioni" -- Il presidente della Cei, cardinale Angelo Bagnasco, ha condiviso (...)

Francia
Prière du 15 août: la polémique se dégonfle dans la sérénité  
La Vie

(Natalia Trouiller) Alors qu'à gauche et chez les militants homosexuels, on continue de tempêter contre la prière universelle proposée par la Conférence des évêques de France, la presse sur le Web rapporte que la plupart des paroisses ont lu le texte à la messe de l'Assomption dans un climat dépassionné.

Stati Uniti
Usa, inizio positivo per il dialogo suore-vescovi
Vaticana Insider 

(Maria Teresa Pontara Pederiva)In autunno è previsto il prossimo incontro tra il vescovo Sartain e i vertici della LCWR -- La strada sarà lunga, nessuno si illude del contrario, ma il primo incontro tra le suore della LCWR commissariata dal Vaticano e il vescovo di Seattle,  (...)

Repubblica Ceca
Czech Senate vetoes flagship church restitution bill  
Reuters 

The upper house of the Czech parliament vetoed on Wednesday a bill to return billions of dollars worth of confiscated church property, in a blow to one of the centre-right government's flagship policies. -- The divisive legislation will now head back for a final vote in the lower house, (...)

India
Catholic priest held for insulting Indian flag
UCANews

Police in Karnataka yesterday took into custody a Catholic priest for allegedly insulting the Indian flag on the country’s Independence Day. Fr. Vincent of Puttur Syro-Malankara diocese unfurled the flag on a pole with a cross atop at the bishop’s residence at Parladka in Puttur. (...)

Vaticano
Whatever the butler's role, the Vatican has questions to answer  
The Guardian 

(Catherine Pepinster) What Catholics need to see now is an investigation into the truth of allegations in documents allegedly leaked by Paolo Gabriele -- It has all the makings of a Hollywood adaptation of a Dan Brown novel. Secrets of the Vatican exposed, documents (...)

Filippine
Bishop says Church has the numbers in Congress to defeat RH bill in a vote

inquirer.net
The stunning manner lawmakers ended debates last week on the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill, which was denounced by Catholic bishops as a display by the Aquino administration of “naked power,” did not mean the Church campaign against the measure (...)

Vaticano
Omissis e complotti, è guerra nei sacri palazzi   
Il Mondo di Annibale 

(Francesco Peloso) I più stretti collaboratori del Papa sotto accusa. Una pioggia di omissis disegna una ragnatela di ricatti. Benedetto XVI è sempre più solo. -- Una quarantina di omissis nelle carte dei giudici, un rinvio a giudizio segnato dall'assenza di nomi, testimoni, volti. Solo  (...)

Messico
Historia Marcial Maciel es filmada en México

oem.com
En medio de un gran secretismo, sin revelar las locaciones ni el reparto, se filma en México la cinta "Obediencia perfecta", que narra la historia de Marcial Maciel, el influyente sacerdote católico que abusó sexualmente de menores y tuvo una doble vida con dos mujeres e hijos. (...)

(en) Film to take on infamous Mexican pedophile priest (AFP)

Russia
Russian Church should stay out of politics - poll  
Interfax

Half of Russians (50%) have noted the presence of the Orthodox Church in the state's domestic policy, with people increasingly noticing this over the past two years (44% in 2010), sociologists from the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsiOM) told Interfax. (...)

Italia
Assisi Network of Catholics recognized for aid given to Jews during World War II

Rome Reports
The honorary title of Righteous Among the Nations is a recognition by the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem for people who are not Jewish yet risked their lives during World War II to help Jews escape Nazi persecution. Over 500 of these cases come from Italy alone. During that (...)

- (es) La red clandestina de Asís que salvó cientos de judíos

Brasile
CNBB homenageia personalidades que contribuíram para difundir valores cristãos

Sito dell'Episcopato brasiliano
Nesta terça-feira, 14 de agosto, Renato Aragão, Raí, Roberto Carlos, Ana Maria Braga, Zilda Arns e Irmã Dulce foram os homenageados pela Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB), por contribuírem para difundir valores cristãos através de suas ações. O arcebispo (...)

Nigeria
All’arcivescovo di Abuja il premio di Pax Christi International per il dialogo interreligioso

Radio Vaticana
“Per l’importante ruolo giocato nel costruire ponti tra cristiani e musulmani in Nigeria ed altrove”: con questa motivazione, l’organizzazione Pax Christi International ha deciso di assegnare il suo premio annuale a mons. John Onaiyekan, arcivescovo di Abuja, in Nigeria. (...)