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Spanish youth travel to Calcutta to participate in inter-religious peace encounter
A group of young people from Valencia are traveling to Calcutta, India, to participate in an international gathering on world... Read more
President of Pontifical Council for Health Care reiterates moral gravity of euthanasia
The President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, has reiterated the Church’s teaching that euthanasia... Read more
Slight progress reported in Catholic-Orthodox dialogue
A week-long, closed-door meeting between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches was “marked by a spirit of friendship and trustful... Read more
Turkish cleric says Pope is taking right steps in dialogue
Turkey’s top Islamic cleric, Grand Mufti Ali Bardakoglu praised Pope Benedict XVI for his Monday meeting with Muslim leaders at... Read more
Benedict tells Muslim leaders dialogue not an option, but a necessity
Meeting with a group of Muslim clerics as well as several ambassadors from mostly Islamic countries today, Pope Benedict XVI... Read more
Pope praises Italian nun in Somalia for pardoning her killers
Pope Benedict XVI praised the Christian witness of an Italian nun for pardoning her killers as she lay dying from... Read more
International conference on Catholic television to be held in Madrid
Msgr. Enrique Planas of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications announced this week final preparations are being made for the... Read more
Vatican writer says Pope won't back down from call for reason in dialogue
Pointing out that Cardinal Camillo Ruini has grasped the essence of the pontificate of Benedict XVI better than other Church... Read more
Parishes can “rediscover” themselves through inspiration of apostolic model
Today at Castelgandalfo Pope Benedict XVI received participants in the 22nd plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity,... Read more
European leaders call on EU to support Pope and freedom of expression
Two members of the European Parliament are calling on EU member states to declare clear support for Pope Benedict XVI... Read more
Newly-opened Vatican archives demonstrate a future Pius XII with no love for Nazis
Documents emerging from the Vatican's archives demonstrate that Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, defended anti-Nazi clergy and... Read more
European leaders question Turkey’s place in EU, following strong criticism of Pope
The President of Bavaria and prelates of Britain’s Catholic and Anglican Churches are among the most recent European leaders to... Read more
Benedict XVI tells bishops to work without tiring for sanctity and Church unity
Pope Benedict received today a group of newly appointed bishops in his summer residence at Castelgandolfo. The Pope reminded the... Read more
Archbishop of Valencia urges Catholics to support Pope “without fear”
During his remarks at the opening of the school year at the Catholic University of Valencia, Archbishop Agustin Garcia-Gasco exhorted... Read more
Archbishop defends “eternal and irrevocable” nature of marriage during family meeting
Speaking during the 17th Marian Day of the Family on September 16th, in Torreciudad, Spain, Archbishop Manuel Ureña of Zaragoza... Read more
Muslim groups threaten Christians in Middle East
A previously unknown Islamic group, called The Army of Guidance, said Tuesday it would strike “every place relevant to Christians”... Read more
Vatican expert says Benedict showing he is more evangelist than diplomat
Pope Benedict XVI is “less diplomacy and more Gospel,” says journalist and Vatican expert Sandro Magister in a Sept. 18... Read more
Western leaders criticized for silence regarding attacks on the Pope
The official publications of the Bishops’ Conference of Italy, as well as several local Italian political officials, have strongly criticized... Read more
Islamic groups in Spain distance themselves from “day of wrath” against the Pope
The president of the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities, Felix Herrero, said Tuesday the organization would not participate in... Read more
Taize leaders deny “conversion” of Brother Roger to Catholic faith
The ecumenical Community of Taize issued a statement last week denying its founder, the late Brother Roger Schutz, underwent a... Read more
