The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope Benedict XVI sent his condolences and words of hope to the residents of Joplin, the Missouri town struck by a devastating tornado that killed at least 123 people, the Vatican said on May 25.

WASHINGTON (CNS): Irish society is not just suffering from the sex abuse scandal but from a failure to pass on the faith to the younger generation, the Archbishop of Dublin said.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Global solidarity is needed so that every country can guarantee all of its citizens have access to health care, a Vatican official told the annual assembly of the World Health Organisation.

EGYPT (ACN News): A bishop in Egypt has spoken out against the security services and warned of anarchy after attacks against two churches in his diocese left 12 people dead and 200 others injured.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): A new Vatican instruction calls on local bishops and pastors to respond generously to Catholics who seek celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite.

Bruce Downes has had phenomenal success as The Catholic Guy on TV and in parishes far and wide. At a MenALIVE breakfast in Brisbane recently he encouraged other men to follow their dreams in faith. PAUL DOBBYN reports

VATICAN CITY (CNS): While Catholics believe the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and that it is true, one cannot take individual biblical quotes or passages and say each one is literally true, Pope Benedict XVI said.

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (CNS): Church leaders demanded that the Government boost security for their faith communities in the wake of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death, which they fear will shatter the peace they have enjoyed for 10 years.

As the Church celebrates the beatification of Pope John Paul II last Sunday, Catholic News Service Rome correspondent CAROL GLATZ reports on examples of the devotion held for the late pope around the world