Archive for August 16, 2007

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Pope Benedict draws hope for the Church from the book of Revelation

Benedict XVI celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, yesterday at St. Thomas of Villanova parish... Read more

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Man arrested after trying to rob a nun

Police arrested a 41-year-old Madison man for breaking into the home of a Dominican sister and forcing her to assist... Read more

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Muslim community offers to contribute toward WYD

Sydney’s Muslim leaders have offered to open their mosques and school halls to Catholic pilgrims for World Youth Day 2008.... Read more

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Mistral Air to ferry pilgrims to holy sites on Vatican chartered flights

A new Vatican-approved charter air service will launch later this month with a flight to the shrine of Lourdes in... Read more

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Christian church refuses funeral for homosexual man

A Christian Church in Texas refused to hold the funeral for a homosexual man because the family wanted to display... Read more

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Papal trip will give boost to Church in Austria, says Cardinal Schonborn

The archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, said this week he hopes the Pope’s visit to Austria in September will... Read more

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Peru receives condolences from Pope Benedict for massive earthquake

Last night around 6:40 pm, a gigantic 7.9 magnitude earthquake shook the South American country of Peru. The earthquake has... Read more

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Mexican priest warns Church does not approve of devotion to “St. Death”

Father Jose de Jesus Aguilar, director of Radio and Television for the Archdiocese of Mexico, warned this week that the... Read more

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Argentinean bishops to study implementation of Aparecida document

The bishops who will participate in the 147th meeting of the Permanent Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina August... Read more

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Bishop of Bilbao calls ETA’s “obstinate persistence” “unbearable”

The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Spain, Bishop Ricardo Blazquez of Bilbao, said this week that the “obstinate persistence”... Read more

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Pope encourages young people to have nostalgia for the eternal

In a message to the participants of the International Pilgrimage of Youth, which has arrived in the Marian shrine of... Read more