Clayboy (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
I’ve been encouraged to comment on the Vatican’s (presumably strongly Benedict driven) regulations for admitting renegade Anglicans to Rome. It’s a bit hard to know exactly what to say, since in some ways it’s a bit hard to know exactly what they mean. I’ve had a go at translating the main provisions. In each instance below [...]
eChurchWebsites Blog (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
(CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Sunday Mass for the 15,000 people squeezed into Brescia, Italy’s Paul VI Square. The Holy Father recalled the Gospel of the widow’s contribution and underlined the necessity of the Church’s role in the Salvation of humanity. Benedict XVI began by recalling the day’s Gospel of the widow’s contribution, highlighting the location [...]...
Will and Testament (Free subscription) | yesterday
That was the title of this year's Thomas More Lecture, delivered by Francis Cambell , the UK's Ambassador to the Holy See, on 5 November at Allen Hall Seminary in Chelsea. The full text of the lecture is below the fold. Pope Benedict's international policy The Thomas More Lecture Tonight I am minded of my first official visit to a seminary shortly after arriving in Rome. I was invited to the English...
Sify (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
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.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
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.
Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City, Nov 8, 2009 / 10:51 am ( CNA ).- Speaking before Sunday’s Angelus in the city of Brescia, Italy, the Holy Father recalled Paul VI’s strong devotion to the Blessed Mother. "As his ecclesial responsibilities increased he in fact developed an ever wider vision and organic relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary and the mystery of the Church," noted...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brescia, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday his own Catholic Church should do more to reach out to people in times of great challenges and to provide them with courage and support. While on a pastoral visit to the northern Italian city of Brescia,...
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Apostolic Constitution setting out the terms on which Anglicans may become Catholics has been published. What will it mean? In planning the momentous service in Canterbury Cathedral in 1982, a key question was who would sit on St Augustine's chair – Pope John Paul II or the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie? The Dean, Victor de Waal, solved the issue with great insight. The Canterbury...
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
VATICAN CITY: Papal document on former Anglicans maintains some Anglican traditions By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0904970.htm November 10, 2009 Former Anglicans entering the Catholic Church can preserve their liturgical traditions, married priests in some circumstances and even a shade of their consultative decision-making processes, according to...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 35 minutes ago
From Episcopal Life Online The text of the new Apostolic Constitution for former Anglicans entering into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church has now been released. Pope Benedict announces a new path of unity for Christians separated from the Roman Catholic Church in his letter. He says: "This Apostolic Constitution opens a new avenue for [...]
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
ANGLICAN PERSPECTIVE: Vatican's Apostolic Constitution explained By Bill Franklin Episcopal News Service November 9, 2009 The text of the new Apostolic Constitution for former Anglicans entering into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church has now been released. Pope Benedict announces a new path of unity for Christians separated from the Roman Catholic Church in his letter. He says: "This...
My Gospel Workers Blog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
By Nick Pisa Last updated at 6:04 PM on 08th November 2009 Catholic convert Tony Blair is among several world leaders being invited to attend a top level summit with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the role of the Church in politics. The two-day summit will be held at the Vatican and will include other Catholic politicians from all over the world, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. vice president...
SlackBelly: A City Snitch (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankcheque says that he's doing " God's work " impersonating a great vampire squid . But which God? Blankcheque is, himself, Jewish, but is not adverse to schmoozing those with lines into the other major religious brands. On Pope Benedict's trip to the US last year, His Excellency dropped in for the first ever papal visit to a US synagogue and met Jewish "leaders"...
Frtedsnews (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Hi there faithful readers, At last the details of Pope Benedict's offer to those of us Anglicans sufficiently dissident to be seeking membership of the Roman Church. So far I have only skimmed through the document. It looks, as we expected, generous and detailed and compassionate, just the sort of offer we would expect to come from 'Benedictus PP XVI'. I like what I have read so far. For those seeking...
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