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Type of site | Religious news website |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Trinity Communications |
| Created by | Philip F. Lawler |
| Editor | Philip F. Lawler |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) |
Catholic World News (CWN) is an online independent news service founded in 1996 byPhilip F. Lawler[1] providing news concerning theCatholic Church.
Staffed by lay Catholic journalists, its editorial policy is generally conservative with an emphasis on orthodoxy.[2] Lawler founded CWN after working at theconservative think tankThe Heritage Foundation.
It features an archive of over 47,000 news stories[according to whom?] as well as editorial commentary (the "Off the Record"blog) and a forum for subscribers ("Sound Off").
The service was purchased byTrinity Communications, a non-profit corporation focused on Catholic organization web-development.[3]
In September 2005, CWN published an article that "set off fear among some priests that the Vatican was about to institute an outright ban on gay seminarians," according to theNew York Times.[4]
