A treasure of the Vatican’s collection of religious art, a sixth-century reliquary containing what are revered as fragments of the cross on which Christ was crucified, has been restored.
From today’s meeting between His Holiness the Vicar of Christ and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury: Post from: WDTPRS Benedict XVI grants an audience to Archbp. Williams Post from: WDTPRS Benedict XVI grants an audience to Archbp. Williams
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he is still committed to...
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 / 12:36 pm ( CNA ).- Pope Benedict XVI and the Anglican Primate Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, have agreed to maintain momentum in the ecumenical dialogue between the two churches despite the fact that the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus will imply the reception of some half a million Anglicans into the Catholic Church. The Pope received Williams this...
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 / 02:59 pm ( CNA ).- Today Pope Benedict XVI extended a warm personal welcome to artists from all over the world who met with him in a private audience hosted at the Sistine Chapel. In a moving address he challenged the artists, as "custodians of beauty," to be "heralds and witnesses of hope for humanity." Artists from many countries, who represented the...
From ZENIT with my emphases and comments: The Priesthood and the Mass Theologian Notes the Priest’s Privileged Role By Father Mauro Gagliardi VATICAN CITY, NOV. 20, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI proclaimed, as everyone knows, the Year for Priests (June 2009-June 2010), on the occasion of the 150th anniversary [...] Post from: WDTPRS Series of columns on ZENIT: The Priest in the Eucharistic...
After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.
VATICAN CITY - The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected...
By Aloysius Agendia; Originally published on Sharing Knowledge and Ideas for Positive Change. Your Eminence, In October 2005, you told us that you had written your shortest letter ever, to the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI in which you asked...
After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.
The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church’s unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans.
The Pope recently addressed artists gathered in the Sistine Chapel. Thanks to the Whispers in the Loggia blog for bringing this great address to my attention. Read the Pope's address in its entirety at that blog. Below is a major excerpt of the papal address. But, let me make one observation: why is it that my spirit soars as I read Benedict's disquisition on beauty but that my spirit drops when I...