Archive for November 26, 2007
Four points on the church's teaching about homosexuality
I was pleased that Joe Towalski, editor of The Catholic Spirit, addressed the issue of the church's teaching on homosexuality,... Read more
Meeting of the Holy Father and College of Cardinals
Before adding new members to the College of Cardinals, Pope Benedict held a meeting with its current members on the... Read more
Pope asks cardinals’ families to pray for a solid communion
This morning Pope Benedict had a special request for the 23 new cardinals and their families and friends, who he... Read more
New American cardinal reflects on red hat
The Archbishop of Galveston-Houston Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo was officially raised to the cardinalate at a Mass at Saint Peter's... Read more
Tony Blair talks about his “hugely important” faith
British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently spoke of his religious beliefs on a BBC television program that surveyed his years... Read more
Police abuse rolling priest and protestors in India
A Catholic priest protesting an unfinished bridge construction project was beaten by a police officer Wednesday in the Kerala town... Read more
Mexico cathedral closed by protesting mob reopens
The Mexican capital's cathedral reopened on Saturday under police guard almost a week after it shut its doors when leftist... Read more
New Iraqi cardinal: "pray for us, pray for Iraq"
At a Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica on Saturday elevating twenty-three clerics to the cardinalate, Pope Benedict XVI created the... Read more
Public expo of Holy Shroud a fabrication, says Archbishop of Turin
The Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, has denied reports in the press about a supposed public exposition of the... Read more
Liturgical abuses help to explain Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio
The secretary for the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, said this... Read more
Spanish government’s “gestures” towards the Church could be “pre-electoral thawing”
The chair of Canon Law at Madrid’s Compultense University, Rafael Navarro-Valls, said this week the Socialist government’s gestures towards the... Read more
Catholic NGOs to meet at the Vatican to reflect on their work
In order to mark the 40th anniversary of the encyclical Populorum Progressio, more than one hundred delegates from various Catholic... Read more
New director for Vatican newspaper
The recent naming of Catholic intellectual Giovanni Maria Vian as the new director of L’Osservatore Romano, means the opening of... Read more
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Annapolis summit, an opportunity that can't be missed, Cardinal DiNardo says
The recently created Cardinal Daniel N.DiNardo has said in an interview that both the Israelis and the Palestinians need to treat... Read more
