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• Man pleads guilty to shooting wife's dad at church
• Catholic Bishops' Former 'Defense of Marriage' Chair Is Now Their President
• U.S. Catholic bishops' new leaders concerned with poor
• Bishops elect Louisville archbishop new president
• Catholic bishops in US pick new leader
• The 'Francis effect': 5 ways the pope is resuscitating the Catholic Church
• Biggest haul of looted church icons back in Cyprus
• Pope-Russian Orthodox talks precede Putin visit

Man pleads guilty to shooting wife's dad at church Posted: 12 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PST SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of shooting his wife's father during a Roman Catholic Mass in Ogden has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges and claimed he was having a psychotic episode during the attack.

Catholic Bishops' Former 'Defense of Marriage' Chair Is Now Their President Posted: 12 Nov 2013 02:17 PM PST Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz became the new president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday. While his election was no surprise — Kurtz became the organization's vice president in 2010 — it should clarify some confusion over the American Catholic Church's direction following Pope Francis's call to shift the church's emphasis towards social justice.

U.S. Catholic bishops' new leaders concerned with poor Posted: 12 Nov 2013 12:31 PM PST By Mary Wisniewski BALTIMORE (Reuters) - U.S. Catholic bishops elected two centrist conservatives as new leaders on Tuesday, an archbishop from Kentucky and a Texas cardinal, both of whom expressed "solidarity" with Pope Francis' strong emphasis on the poor. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, 67, of Louisville, Kentucky was elected to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, while Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, 64, of the Galveston-Houston diocese, was chosen as vice president. Their election comes as Catholic bishops worldwide are being given new direction by Pope Francis, who has emphasized greater humility and more concern for poverty. "I believe we are very much in solidarity with Pope Francis, and that is, his way of articulating clearly that we need not only to serve the voiceless and the vulnerable, but to be an advocate," Kurtz told reporters after his election.

Bishops elect Louisville archbishop new president Posted: 12 Nov 2013 11:43 AM PST BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday elected Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Kentucky to be their new president as they grapple with changing priorities under Pope Francis.

Catholic bishops in US pick new leader Posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:05 AM PST Washington (AFP) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops elected the archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday as the new leader of the official organization of the Catholic hierarchy in America.

The 'Francis effect': 5 ways the pope is resuscitating the Catholic Church Posted: 12 Nov 2013 06:07 AM PST Pope Francis has won converts — at least metaphorically — around the globe. Not everyone is a fan of Francis, but the response has been largely, even enthusiastically, positive. With an organization as old and structurally conservative as the Catholic Church, it can be hard to measure concrete change. But Pope Francis is making such an impression that observers have come up with a name for the impact he's having on the church: The "Francis effect." Here are 5 ways the pope is shaking up the Catholic Church:

Biggest haul of looted church icons back in Cyprus Posted: 12 Nov 2013 06:03 AM PST NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The largest haul of looted, centuries-old church icons, frescoes and mosaics ever repatriated to Cyprus were officially welcomed Tuesday after a nearly four-decade journey.

Pope-Russian Orthodox talks precede Putin visit Posted: 12 Nov 2013 05:11 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with the foreign minister of the Russian Orthodox Church ahead of a Nov. 25 visit to the Vatican by President Vladimir Putin.

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