(July 04, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI has conveyed his condolences to Reverend Father Adolfo Nicolas Superior General Society of Jesus at the death of ...»
(July 04, 2009) At a time of global economic distress, the economic model of cooperative movement s needs to be more widely known and practices to ...»
(July 04, 2009) The international Caritas organization has launched an appeal for $12 million to give basic care to some 400,000 displaced people in ...»
(July 3, 2009) Former director general of Vatican Radio, Jesuit priest Fr. Pasquale Borgomeo has passed away. He died Thursday afternoon in Rome at ...»
(July 04, 2009) “The Year dedicated to the Priests offers a good opportunity to rediscover the profound sense of vocations, as well as its basic choices of method: the witness, simple and credible, and the communion, with concerted and shared routes in the local Church and the everyday, learning to follow the Lord in our daily life. This is possible by listening to the counsels of the ...»
(July 3, 2009) Pope Benedict the XVI on Friday authorized the proclamation of 12 decrees that recognize the miracles, martyrdom and heroic virtues of 16 men and women candidates for beatification and sainthood. Among four miracles approved by the Pope is one attributed to the intercession of renowned and learned English Cardinal John Henry Newman who converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism in ...»
(July 3, 2009) The Vatican on Friday released the details of Pope Benedict XVI two-day visit to the Czech Republic in September. The Pope will fly to the Czech capital Prague on September 26, Saturday, where he will visit the famous Infant Jesus of Prague at the Church of Our Lady of Victory. Later that day he will meet president Vaclav Klaus privately in the presidential palace and then ...»
(July 2, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI's new encyclical, titled "Caritas in Veritate," will be released Tuesday, the Vatican announced. The Vatican press office confirmed Wednesday, that the Pope's first social encyclical, which is expected to offer an analysis of the current economic crisis, will be presented at a press conference in the late morning July 7. The text will then be released ...»
(July 02, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, 4th of July, will inaugurate the newly restored Pauline Chapel, which contains the two final works of Michelangelo. The Pope will celebrate solemn vespers in the chapel, which is within the Apostolic Palace and is used as a private chapel for the Pontiffs. It houses Michelangelo's depictions of the conversion of St. Paul and the ...»