Pontifical website aims to help lay Catholics worldwide

Vatican City, Aug 29, 2012 / 02:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Laity is positioning its website as a resource for lay men and women ahead of Pope Benedict's Year of Faith, which will kick-off in Octob…

Philly archdiocese financial officer gets prison time in $900,000 theft

Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 29, 2012 / 12:12 am (CNA).- Anita Guzzardi, the former chief financial officer of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was sentenced on Friday to two to seven years in prison for stealing over $900,000 from the archdiocese’s ge…