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Pope calls on Catholics, Muslims to improve society
Catholics and Muslims can work together for the common good, Pope Benedict said on the second day of his state... Read more
Pope reaches out to disheartened Germans
Pope Benedict XVI has urged German Catholics to love the Church and not view it as a merely human institution. Read more
Pope meets with German Jews to advance ‘loving relationship’
Pope Benedict met with over a dozen representatives of Germany’s Jewish community in Berlin on Sept. 22. He urged the... Read more
Pope says Nazis showed danger of power divorced from natural law
Pope Benedict XVI told the German parliament Sept. 22 that the country’s Nazi past highlights the dangers of power divorced... Read more
Apostolic nuncio emphasizes Germany's need for faith
Germany's apostolic nuncio recently stressed the need for German Catholics to hear Benedict XVI's teachings during his visit to the... Read more
Pope Benedict arrives in Germany 'to speak about God'
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Germany at the beginning of a four-day state visit. At the official welcoming ceremony... Read more
SNAP campaign condemned for undermining crimes against humanity
Campaigners demanding that the International Criminal Court prosecute Pope Benedict XVI over clerical sex abuse are being accused of undermining... Read more
Spain's increase in failed marriages due to 'fast-track divorce' law, say experts
Two family leaders in Spain are arguing that the country's rise in failed marriages has been the result of laws... Read more
Listen to Pope before passing judgment, says Berlin archbishop
Germans should listen to what Pope Benedict XVI has to say to them before passing judgment, says one of the... Read more
‘No Meat Fridays’ return to England and Wales
The practice of abstaining from eating meat on Fridays has returned to the Catholic Church in England and Wales after... Read more
Spanish nun receives birthday greeting from Benedict XVI
Sister Teresita, the world's oldest contemplative nun, celebrated her 104th birthday on Sept. 16 and received a birthday letter from... Read more
Vatican stresses dignity of elderly in reaction to UN report
The Catholic Church’s delegation to the United Nations in Geneva has taken “strong exception” to a reference to assisted suicide... Read more
Islam set to be dominant religion in France
New research suggests there are now more practising Muslims in France than practising Catholics. Read more
Italian mystic who predicted fall of Mussolini beatified
Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, recently beatified Elena Aiello, an Italian religious... Read more
One year later, Cardinal O’Brien recalls Pope’s UK visit
“Pope Benedict XVI came, saw and conquered,” Cardinal Keith P. O’Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh said on the first... Read more
Pius X Society gives initial reaction to Vatican offer
The leader of the Society of St. Pius X says the traditionalist group will respond to the Vatican’s offer of... Read more
Cardinal to inaugurate Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel in Lourdes
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City will preside at a Mass to consecrate a chapel dedicated to Our Lady... Read more
Spanish bishop calls on separatist group to disband
Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla of San Sebastian, Spain has called on the Basque separatist group ETA to have “the courage... Read more
God is the world's greatest need, Pope tells Eucharistic congress
Pope Benedict XVI told 100,000 participants in an Italian Eucharistic congress that the world needs, more than anything else, to... Read more
WYD congratulates Fukushima heroes for winning humanitarian award
The organizers of World Youth Day 2011, who were finalists for this year’s Prince of Asturias Award in Spain, have... Read more
