Archive for December 20, 2009
Slain Irish missionary priest remembered in Kenya
The memorial Mass for Fr. Jerry Roche, an Irish priest slain by burglars in Kenya, was held on Thursday. The... Read more
Archbishop Nienstedt preaches joy and conversion to prison inmates
Tim O’Meara, 50, heartily shook Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Most Rev. John Nienstedt’s hand and grinned broadly, his... Read more
Benedict XVI names new primate for Polish Catholics
After Sunday's Angelus in Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI congratulated the new primate of the Polish church, Archbishop Henryk Muszynski. ... Read more
Vatican newspaper helps build school in Africa
After the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI sent a "cordial greeting" out to the employees of the Vatican newspaper,... Read more
Christmas is God's answer to drama of humanity, Pope declares
Pope Benedict XVI led the Angelus from the window of his Vatican chambers on this crisp, clear winter morning of... Read more
Church to celebrate feast of first martyr
On Saturday, December 26, the universal church will commemorate the death of St. Stephen, the first man to give his... Read more
Pope Benedict’s environmentalism concerned with the ‘ecology of man,’ Vatican observer writes
Pope Benedict XVI’s so-called “green revolution” differs in key ways from parts of the environmentalist movement, Vatican expert Sandro Magister... Read more
