Today's top news: School closings! Snow disrupts Catholic Schools Week in New York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas -- whew. Ontario, Canada. I stopped looking after that.
Two 'symbols of hope' in Iraq, plans for a university and a hospital in northern Iraq
Miami-Dade County, Fla. HCA, the for-profit national hospital chain, to buy Mercy Hospital
Va. may extend statute of limitations for abuse
Virginia advocates for victims of childhood sexual assault blast Catholic Church for opposing bills
Toronto Piercing kerfuffle at Catholic high school
A Windfall in Cardboard, the story behind the School Sisters of Notre Dame's baseball card
The Neocatechumenal Way in Japan
The Anglican Ordinariate in Australia Anglican Catholics out to evangelise
Catholics meet about changes, Leaders discuss Fargo diocese proposal on restructuring
Monterey, Calif. Bishop Richard Garcia brings message of hope to anti-gang youth program
Packers' chaplain expects record Super Bowl crowd -- at pre-game Mass (Steelers fans say, "They'll need it.")