(March 16, 2010) In Vietnam, Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly, undergoing an eight-year sentence, was freed on Monday afternoon on medical grounds. Early ...»
(March 15, 2010) “Good Master, what must I do in order to inherit eternal life?” is the theme that Pope Benedict XVI has chosen for the Catholic Church’s 25th World Youth Day this year. World Youth Day is marked every year at the diocesan level on Palm Sunday, this year being March 28. The Pope’s WYD message for this year, released in the Vatican on Monday, focuses ...»
(March 15, 2010) Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday that the parable of the Prodigal Son reveals that God’s mercy and love is greater than man’s misery. Addressing a large crowd gathered in St Peter's Square to pray the weekly midday ‘Angelus’ prayer with him, the Holy Father was reflecting on Sunday’s Gospel reading. He explained that the relationship with God is ...»
(March 15, 2010) Pope Benedict XVI visited a Lutheran church in Rome on Sunday where he emphasized ways in which Catholics and other Christians bear common witness to Christ. In the German-language service at Christuskirche, in which both the Pope and Lutheran pastor Jens-Martin Kruse gave homilies, the Pontiff affirmed, "We hear many laments about the fact that there are no new ...»
(March 13, 2010) Pope Benedict XVI expressed his deep appreciation to the Church of Sudan for their patient and sustained work towards the restoration of peace and the avoidance of War. However, the Pontiff added: “If peace is to plant deep roots, concrete efforts must be made to diminish the factors contributing to unrest, particularly corruption, ethnic tensions, indifference and ...»
(March 13, 2010) Pope Benedict XVI will attend the evening worship in the Lutheran Church of Rome on Sunday, March 14. "We are pleased that Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of our city, has agreed to participate in our worship," said the pastor of the church Jens-Martin Kruse, emphasizing the local nature of the event. Earlier Pope Benedict XVI had visited the Lutheran Church of Rome on ...»
