Pope and Anglican Communion leader give dialogue a go ahead by Luigi Sandri Ecumenical News International http://tinyurl.com/ycg2fsz November 24, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury have said relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion will not be obstructed by a recent Vatican offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to maintain some of their traditions...
from Truth Wins Out : It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of liberalism, modernity and basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Rome has eagerly jumped with both feet into America's culture wars and is working on a global scale to punish or purge ideological dissenters...
Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" covers the altar wall of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. How faith and art can collaborate was the subject of a landmark meeting in the historic chapel last weekend between Pope Benedict XVI and artists. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec) By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ask and you shall receive. The art world is ready to collaborate with the church...
Catholic World News November 23, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI met on November 21 with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. It was their first meeting since the October announcement of the Pope's plans to welcome Anglicans into the Catholic Church. However, a brief Vatican announcement released after the meeting made no mention of the Pope's apostolic constitution, saying only that the "cordial...
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While some pundits have sounded the death knell for ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, the Anglican spiritual leader, pledged to move forward. The pope and archbishop met privately at the Vatican for about 20 minutes Nov. 21. A Vatican...
ROME: Catholic bishops prepare path for Anglican exodus by John Follain in the Vatican City and Jonathan Oliver The Sunday Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6927030.ece November 22, 2009 THE Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has taken the first steps towards receiving Anglican converts en masse. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, its leader, has appointed a panel of bishops...
Well not exactly... speaking at the recent meeting of the Pontifical Council of Social Communication Benedict XVI, who is the first pontiff to be proficient in surfing the net and using email, commended the work of Catholics on the Internet: A genuine revolution is taking place in the realm of social communications of which the Church is ever more responsibly conscious ... These technologies make...
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christian leaders to embrace unity and harmony in order to effectively spread the word of God through out the world.
Alright: The title above is just a tad facetious. Pope Benedict didn’t actually refer to Bob Dylan when he addressed a gathering of artistic types in the Sistine Chapel yesterday. And the basic ideas he expressed did not originate with Bob Dylan any more than they originated with Benedict. Nevertheless, I wonder if [...]
Why Rowan Williams is the only real theologian Why Benedict XVI is the only real theologian A new article by Cynthia Nielsen: "What Has Mozart to Do with Coltrane?" Some early reviews of Douglas Campbell's mighty tome, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul James K. A. Smith: is there room for martyrs in today's church? Jamie Smith again, on film, freedom...
Vatican City, Nov 22, 2009 / 11:05 am ( CNA ).- In his message on the Feast of Christ the King to the tens of thousands of people gathered on St Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI explained that the "power" of Christ is different from that of "the great of this world." Choosing Christ the King, he said, does not guarantee success, but peace and joy. "Choosing Christ does not...
"Today after the Angelus, our Holy Father, Benedict XVI announced that the beatification of Sister Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas was held in Nazareth today, in the presence of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Mgr. Fouad Twal and Msgr. Angelo Amato, prefect for the Congregation of Saints. Asia News reports: Sr. Marie-Alphonsine, says the Pope, was "born in Jerusalem in 1843 into a Christian...
Senate Healthcare Vote Clears The Way For Formal Debate To Begin -- L.A. Times Democrats overcome a GOP filibuster with a 60-39 vote in a key procedural move on the $848-billion healthcare legislation. Debate is likely to run through the end of the year. Reporting from Washington - Without a vote to spare, Democrats pushed their healthcare legislation over its first obstacle on the Senate floor Saturday,...
VATICAN CITY - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury yesterday that he still was committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
Specifically, Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is in high dudgeon at Pope Benedict XVI for his blatant sheep-stealing move on trying to get Anglican priests to scurry to Rome. But, at the end, they kissed and made nice, in a way. There is no god and I am his prophet.
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