Gretchen Crowe named editor of OSV Newsweekly

Gretchen Crowe has been named the new editor of OSV Newsweekly, the nation's largest national Catholic weekly newspaper.

Cardinals face issue of Catholics embracing faith, but not the Church

A major issue facing today's U.S. Catholic Church is that many people express "absolutely no problem with faith, but they do have a problem with religion," said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.

Cardinals need time to talk before conclave, spokesman says

When 115 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect a new pope, they will be praying and voting four times a day.

List of cardinal electors in order of precedence

Here, in the Vatican's formal order of precedence, is a list of the 115 cardinal electors expected to participate in the conclave.

CCHD awards $800,000 to three groups working on immigration reform

Three faith-based organizations working to reform the country's immigration laws are set to receive $800,000 from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Conclave is more a time of discernment than election, prelate says

The process of selecting a new pope is "ultimately not an election, ultimately it is a discernment," said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.

Cardinals gather for prayer amid pre-conclave meetings

Seated under Gian Lorenzo Bernini's statue "Chair of St. Peter," which celebrates the teaching authority of the pope, more than 100 cardinals gathered March 6 to pray as they prepared to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.

New Iraqi patriarch pledges dialogue, warns against emigration

The new patriarch of Chaldean Catholics pledged to foster coexistence and dialogue and urged Christian Iraqis not to leave their homeland, warning that if emigration continues, "there will be no more Christians in the Middle East."

Conscience-protection bill for HHS mandate introduced in House

Three Republican members of the House of Representatives March 5 introduced a bill to protect conscience rights for both workers in the health care industry and for employers in light of the federal mandate requiring employers to cover contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.

Cleveland priest who leads breakaway faith community excommunicated

A Cleveland priest who leads a faith community formed after its parish was closed in 2010 has been excommunicated for schism.Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland said in a March 4 decree that Father Robert Marrone, who is identified as pastor and administrator of the Community of St. Peter, incurred the excommunication "latae sententiae" (automatically) for failing to reconcile with the Catholic Church.