Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace
AP - Sun Nov 8, 11:14 am ETPope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
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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.
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,...
Four hundred years after tossing astronomer Galileo Galilei into jail for his “heretical” findings that the Earth revolved around the sun, the Vatican is dipping its toe into the brave new world of astrobiology. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is ...
The Vatican eased the way Monday for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to convert to Catholicism.
The Vatican said on Monday that its new rules facilitating the conversion of Anglicans, including married Anglican priests, did not “signify any change” in its rules for priestly celibacy.
The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy.
James Marsh, the English director of the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire," is jumping into the genre feature world with "The Vatican Tapes," a supernatural thriller.
The Vatican on Monday promulgated new rules under which Anglicans -- many of whom are unhappy with the Church of England's moves to embrace female and homosexual clergy -- can join the Catholic fold.
The Vatican confirmed Monday that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn’t mean the Roman Catholic Church is easing the celibacy requirement for clergy.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- 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 Pope Benedict XVI's document on new structures for welcoming the former Anglicans.
>Episcopal Life Daily >November 9, 2009 >Episcopal Life Online is available at > http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes: * TOP STORY - In Hong Kong, Anglican consultation addresses horrors of human trafficking * TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts for Nov. 15 remember life and ministry of Samuel Seabury * TOP STORY - Vatican releases ...
Since the Vatican announced an apostolic visitation of U.S. women religious late last year, NCR has been following the story. To date we've published about three dozen stories about the visitation, including, news, analysis, commentary and couple editorials.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—An invitation by the Vatican for Anglicans to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of their liturgical heritage could mean an increase in the number of married Catholic priests, leading to a possible reexamination of the celibacy requirement altogether.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy. The Holy See press office released rules and guidelines, known as an Apostolic Constitution, as part of efforts to make it easier for disillusioned, traditionalist Anglicans to cross over to the Roman ...
The supernatural thriller from Lionsgate and Lakeshore will center on a series of events that take place after a videotape is leaked from the Vatican displaying an exorcism going terribly wrong. Chris Borrelli is writing the screenplay.
BY JOHN L. ALLEN JR. Almost three weeks after announcing plans to welcome Anglicans who want to become Catholics, the Vatican today released a legal blueprint for the creation of new structures for these potential converts.