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The bishop of Malta says Pope Benedict XVI will visit the tiny Mediterranean island April 17-18 to mark the 1950th anniversary of St. Paul's shipwreck.
Pope Benedict XVI has urged Europeans to defend their continent's religious and cultural heritage.
Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along to a mix of modern music and ancient church chants in a new album presented Tuesday before its release at the end of the month.
Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
The world must take "determined and effective" action against hunger after the global economic crisis pushed the ranks of the undernourished to a record 1 billion, Pope Benedict XVI said Friday.
A prominent African cardinal said Monday there was no reason why the next pope couldn't be black, particularly following the election of President Barack Obama.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cyprus next year, the Vatican said Thursday, bringing to four the number of foreign trips planned for the pontiff in 2010.
President Barack Obama had his fly. Now Pope Benedict XVI has his spider.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi had his first meeting Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Italian leader was implicated in a sex scandal that broke last spring.
Pope Benedict XVI wrapped up a low-key pilgrimage to the fiercely secular Czech Republic on Monday, reaching out to nonbelievers and calling on an increasingly diverse Europe to embrace Christian teachings.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Fatima shrine in Portugal next year, the Portuguese president's office announced Thursday.
Pope Benedict XVI next year will make the first visit to Britain by a pontiff in decades, British media reported Wednesday.
Pope Benedict XVI marked the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II on Sunday by saying religion should promote peace and fight racism and totalitarianism.
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday gave his full support to the Italian Catholic Church after it was dragged into a media row linked to Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal.
Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance since having the cast removed from his broken right wrist, joking Sunday that his hand was "freed," but still a bit sluggish.
Doctors on Friday removed Pope Benedict XVI's cast five weeks after he broke his right wrist in a fall and said they were pleased with how the fracture has healed.
Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that Nazi concentration camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and hell on earth.
Pope Benedict XVI says that Nazi concentration camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and hell on earth.
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday met athletes participating in the swimming world championships in Rome and urged them to act as role models for fellow youths "in sports and in life."
Pope Benedict XVI will release an album on which he sings and recites prayers to the Virgin Mary, his label said Friday.
Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that his guardian angel was clearly acting "on superior orders" when he let the pontiff fall and break his wrist this month.
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI was looking for a light switch in the bedroom of his Alpine chalet when he tripped and broke his wrist while on vacation 10 days ago.
Doctors examined Pope Benedict XVI's broken wrist at the pontiff's Alpine vacation chalet and are pleased with how the injury is healing, a Vatican spokesman said Saturday.
Pope Benedict XVI has sent his greetings to the Tour de France, saying commitment in sports must always be accompanied by respect for moral values.
Pope Benedict XVI is using a tape recorder to get his thoughts out rather than trying to write by hand with a cast on, the Vatican spokesman said Wednesday.
Archbishop tells Pope: there will be no turning back on women priestsThe Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday made his most outspoken challenge to the Roman Catholic Church since the Pope invited disaffected Anglicans to switch to Rome.
If it is your quest to come to the vine and dish out dirt and insult conservatives/Republicans..do not be surprised if we respond in kind..Most of the time There is a lot of well thought out reasoning that goes on here at the vine,but ocassionally it turns into mudslinging and fo …
Pope: faith and reason complementaryVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that faith and science are both necessary for the full understanding of mankind and its place in the universe.
Vatican seeks to lure disaffected AnglicansThe Vatican announced Tuesday it was making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism — a surprise move designed to entice traditionalists opposed to women priests, openly gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions.
If our Archbishop spent less time fretting about climate change, he might notice the pope is about to mug himCan the Church of England be doomed? Would it matter if it were? These questions are prompted by the news that Pope Benedict XVI is attempting to persuade Anglican clergy and even entire parishes to defect en masse to the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Vatican, exactly? The article is two pages long. If you prefer to view it on one page with fewer graphics, click here. [Archbishop Silvano Tomasi] seemed totally oblivious to the fact that the reason he was called on the U.N.
Pope Benedict XVI Gives Mother Angelica (EWTN +Founder) Highest Award and Honor + Chairman Mother Angelica, who went to Alabama with a wing and prayer now has a Catholic Global and Worldwide television and radio network. Mother has now been given the Highest Award for efforts by Pope Benedict XVI. Congratulations Mother Angelica! Article in Part
Pope warns of 'new colonialism'But he said the continent was afflicted by an export of the "so-called 'first world'... [the] toxic spiritual rubbish" of materialism. "In this context, the political colonialism is never finished," the Pope said.
Pope Alludes to Health-Care Reform and AbortionIn remarks delivered to Miguel Diaz, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI indicated to President Barack Obama that he's monitoring America's health-care reform debate closely.
Catholic bishops ask: Are the 2009 disasters God's hints for the Philippines?Related: Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria Blaring Simbang Gabi sound speakers and the flagging Christmas spirit
Today is the Feast Day of my Patron Saint, St Therese, The Little Flower. This is Article of Thousands in the United Kingdom visiting her Relics. Pope Pius X claimed St. Therese as "the greatest saint of modern times". Article in part and link
Pope tells Czechs, Don't exclude GodPope Benedict XVI on Sunday told tens of thousands of faithful that societies exclude God at their peril, pressing ahead with a pilgrimage to nudge the ex-communist Czech Republic back to its religious roots.
'He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me' [Matt., 10:37].
I have always seen a figure such as the Pope evolving in to the Anti-Christ if there ever is to be one.
Catholics and Evangelicals: Is There A Difference?In 1992, a group of Evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic scholars began work on a document entitled "Evangelicals and Catholics Together." Its premise was that Roman Catholics and Evangelical Protestants have reached a point where, in spite of some minor differences, the …
Cardinal O'Malley defends Kennedy funeral role - The Boston GlobeCardinal Sean P. O'Malley last night issued a forceful defense of his decision to participate in the funeral of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, an appearance that has drawn sharp criticism from some conservative Catholics because of Kennedy's ardent support for abortion rights.
Vatican Snubs Berlusconi Over Cheeky News Article He may still be beloved by Italian voters, but there's clearly no love lost between Silvio Berlusconi and the Vatican, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Pope says atheists are responsible for global warmingThe Pope has claimed that atheism is responsible for the destruction of the environment.
After Kennedy's Death: Silence from the PopeThere was a poignant footnote to President Obama's historic July 10 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Behind closed doors in the papal library, Obama handed Benedict a letter that Senator Edward Kennedy had asked him to personally deliver to the pontiff.
The Pope vs. American Nunsfeminist theologian Mary E. Hunt writes in Religion Dispatches that the Vatican is investigating the Church's U.S. sisters:
Doctors are inspired by pay rise! Let us us face it, every one including doctors, work to get paid. But first, there is need to establish some facts to aid us through. Life begins with a call to journey, an inevitable journey pregnant with uncertainties!
Is Italy's Berlusconi In Bed With The Mafia?If that document proves to be genuine, it would suggest that Berlusconi was a plausible Mafia interlocutor during that murderous season. It's a scenario so chilling that it has never been told, except in a novel.
Young Catholic men find joy and fulfillment in "knightly" service of Christ's Eucharistic PresenceThe Knights of the Holy Eucharist represent part of the resurgence of vocations in the Catholic Church developing from the "new evagelization" promoted by Pope John Paul II and continued by Pope Benedict XVI...
The pope's radical call to reforming economyCatholic social doctrine may have been the Church's best-kept secret until now. Pope Benedict's encylical "Charity in Truth" may bring that doctrine now into sharp focus.
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