- Catholic World News
"Catholic World News" is an online news service founded in
1996 byPhilip F. Lawler , a former editor of theconservative Catholic magazineCrisis and employee of theHeritage Foundation . It is an independent news service, staffed by lay Catholic journalists, providing news concerning theRoman Catholic Church . As with "Crisis," its editorial policy is generally conservative, serving "loyal Catholics" with an emphasis on "orthodoxy." It averages 200,000 visits per day. It claims that "its reports have been recognized for their accuracy, objectivity, and sound analysis." The service wwas recently purchased byTrinity Communications (www.trincomm.org), a non-profit corporation focused on web-development for Catholic organizations. The service features an archive of over 47,000 news stories as well as editorial commentary (the "Off the Record"blog ) and a forum for subscribers ("Sound Off").Favored topics, according to the website, include:
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Pope Benedict XVI
*The Vatican and theRoman Curia
*TheCollege of Cardinals and theSynod of Bishops
*Thepro-life movement and the Culture of Life
*Papalencyclicals and statements from theMagisterium
*Papal succession and papal conclaves
*Infallibility ,contraception ,homosexuality , and other controversial issuesCWN also reports on secular affairs from a Catholic, and regularly conservative, point of view.
External links
* http://www.cwnews.com/index.cfm
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