Catholic radio, TV draw large senior audience
Programs with daily Mass, news and entertainment foster a sense of Catholic community for older adult viewers and listeners
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller - OSV Newsweekly, 6/12/2011
John Elson’s grandmother used to watch daily Mass on television every morning, and it was a very special time for her.
“It allowed her to begin her day with the Lord and to have that spiritual community with our Lord,” he said. “Watching the daily Mass allowed her … [More]

Israeli Jew turned Catholic priest named head of papal court
David Maria Jaeger, a native of downtown Tel Aviv who converted to Catholicism, will become a prelate auditors of the Roman Rota, one of the chief papal law courts of the Catholic church.
ByTomer Zarchin
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israeli-jew-turned-catholic-priest-named-head-of-papal-court-1.365615?trailingPath=2.169,2.225,2.226,

David Maria Jaeger, a Catholic priest who converted from Judaism, will be installed … [More]

US VP Biden, a Catholic who supports abortion rights, meets with pope in unannounced visit
http://www.thetelegram.com/Canada---World/Arts/2011-06-03/article-2556466/US-VP-Biden,-a-Catholic-who-supports-abortion-rights,-meets-with-pope-in-unannounced-visit/1
VATICAN CITY - U.S. Vice-President Joseph Biden, a pro-choice Roman Catholic, has met with Pope Benedict XVI in an unannounced visit at the Vatican.
Vatican officials said the meeting Friday was strictly private; U.S. officials declined to … [More]

Catholic News Roundup 06-01
Russia Cracks Down on Abortion
France Fights off Stem-Cell Research
Diocese Attacks Homeschoolers
Pro-Abortion Priest Forced From Office
Alabama Monastery Reconciled