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Pope visits Church’s teaching on divorce, the family and the Latin Mass
On Sunday evening Pope Benedict XVI gathered all of the bishops of France in the Hemicycle of Bernadette Hall and... Read more
Mary allows ‘love stronger than death’ to bring hope to the world, Holy Father preaches
More than 100,000 pilgrims gathered in Lourdes on Sunday morning for the final Mass of the celebrations surrounding the 150th... Read more
Encountering Mary turns our gaze upon Jesus our light, Pope Benedict teaches
Pope Benedict XVI’s helicopter touched down in Lourdes on Saturday evening to the sight of a multitude of pilgrims waiting... Read more
Mary’s ‘yes’ helps renew our commitment to our vocations, Pope says
After celebrating Mass in Lourdes on Sunday morning, Pope Benedict spoke about the importance of the Angelus prayer. Addressing an audience of... Read more
Pope: Shun the worship of modern idols and hope in the promises of Christ
Over 200,000 people gathered at the square surrounding the Les Invalides complex in Paris this morning for Mass with the... Read more
Benedict expresses his confidence in the youth and gives them a ‘treasure’
Shortly after concluding Vespers on Friday evening, Pope Benedict walked out of Notre Dame cathedral to be greeted by 10,000... Read more
The Word of God can transform you, Benedict XVI tells clergy
At 7.15 p.m. on Friday, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Pope Benedict presided at the celebration of Vespers with... Read more
Visit of Pope shows the world the strength of the Gospel, says archbishop of Paris
The Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, said this week the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to France to mark... Read more
Europe is founded on a search for God and a willingness to listen to him, Pope says
With an audience of Christian, Muslim and secular thinkers gathered at the College des Bernadines on Friday evening, Pope Benedict... Read more
Nothing can ever justify anti-Semitism, Pope affirms
This evening as Pope Benedict headed to the Collège des Bernardins to speak with cultural leaders, he met with a... Read more
Bishop of Lourdes encourages faithful of the world to join in anniversary of apparitions
Bishop Jacques Perrier of Tarbes-Lourdes encouraged the faithful of the world to join in the jubilee for the 150th anniversary... Read more
Pope Benedict calls on France to make religion part of a new Europe
Upon arriving in France on Friday afternoon, Pope Benedict XVI called on the French people to engage in a new... Read more
Archbishop of Paris says papal visit will show France the Pope ‘knows how to listen’
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois, the Archbishop of Paris, has spoken about Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to France, saying the visit... Read more
Pro-life groups warn new abortion law in Spain will not bring solutions
The Spanish Federation of Pro-Life Associations said this week that a new law widening access to abortion would do nothing... Read more
Pope sends message to France as he prepares to visit
This coming Friday, Pope Benedict XVI will fly from Rome to Paris, thereby commencing his first visit as Pope to... Read more
Cardinal Glemp proposes making Mary patroness of European Parliament
The Archbishop Emeritus of Warsaw, Cardinal Jozef Glemp, said last week he hopes Our Lady of Trybunalski, the patroness of... Read more
Cardinal Levada laments announcement of new abortion law in Spain
Spanish media reported this week on the comments made by the prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the... Read more
Catholic Mobile offering Pope’s thoughts from Lourdes via text message
To accommodate those who will not be participating in the Holy Father’s trip to Lourdes, France next week, Catholic Mobile... Read more
Italian priest fined $80,000 for church bells’ ‘noise pollution’
An Italian priest has been ordered to pay more than eighty thousand dollars to a woman living near his church... Read more
Congress in Lourdes to focus on doctrinal pillars of Marian apparitions
Vicenzo Battaglia, president of the International Pontifical Marian Academy, explained this week that the 23rd Congress the academy will host... Read more
