CNS & CNA most-read stories in February

CNS:

1. Vatican official: Church should reconsider Communion in the hand
2. Pope OKs plenary indulgence for Lourdes’ 150th anniversary
3. Catholic school closures, vouchers are in the national spotlight
4. Pope reduces waiting period for sainthood cause for Fatima visionary
5. Polish priest: Young priests plagiarize homilies from Internet
6. Archbishop to ordain seminarians in Tridentine Mass in Rome cathedral
7. Lourdes bishop says Mary sought devotion to Jesus, Eucharist
8. Sister Dorothy Marie Hennessey, peace activist jailed at age 88, dies
9. Pope tells Jesuits to make clear their acceptance of church teachings
10. St. Patrick’s Day falling during Holy Week prompts parade dilemma

CNA (more recently popular):

1. Writer votes for Obama, defends his choice saying, “Bishops be damned”
2. Obama pledged to Planned Parenthood: “I will not yield” to pro-life concerns
3. Anti-Catholic pastor who endorsed McCain likened to Farrakhan
4. Oscar awards portrayed an America without hope, Vatican newspaper says
5. Survey finds one-tenth of Americans used to be Catholic
6. Vocation inquiries increased 30 percent in 2007, survey finds
7. Chavez supporters invade chancery, expel employees and bishop
8. UCLA student sting exposes racism at Planned Parenthood
9. Planned Parenthood youth website promotes pornography to teenagers
10. CDF rules feminist-inspired baptisms invalid