In diplomatic breakthrough, Pope Benedict meets Hanoi president
National Catholic Reporter - Sat Dec 12, 11:12 am ETIn a Vatican and Socialist Vietnam first ever, Pope Benedict met with President Nguyen Minh Triet Dec. 11.
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In a Vatican and Socialist Vietnam first ever, Pope Benedict met with President Nguyen Minh Triet Dec. 11.
Twenty years ago, on November 9, 1989, the most visible symbol of totalitarian evil, the Berlin Wall, tumbled down. Two years later, the Soviet Union officially dissolved on Christmas Day 1991. The fall of the Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union transpired in relative calm, but they followed decades of repression, cruelty, and murder by the Soviet regime.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The secret to experiencing true joy is not found in accumulating lots of things, but from feeling loved by the Lord and being generous to others, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Pope Benedict XVI is "deeply disturbed and distressed" by a recent report showing the Irish Catholic Church covered up child sex abuse by clergy for decades, the Vatican said Friday.
Pope Benedict XVI has elevated the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart to the status of a minor basilica of the Catholic Church.
Chase Kear does not seem at first glance to be the poster boy for a Vatican investigation involving sainthood. He chews a little dip, hits targets at turkey shoots, listens to country music when he rolls. In his Facebook profile photo he dresses the part of a halfnaked bandito in a sombrero. He’s a self-described redneck; also foolish and drunk and stupid at times in the past, he says, though ...
Pope Benedict XVI paid tribute Sunday to four missionaries murdered in separate incidents in Africa this month and called for peace.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church's response to a...
The Palmetto Master Singers, South Carolina's Musical Ambassadors, will present a concert of Christmas music at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Purity Presbyterian Church, 135 Wylie St., Chester. The group of 65 singers has performed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Dom Cathedral in Germany, The White House , Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral in Washington and St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican ...
The Vatican named Bishop Jerome Listecki as the new archbishop of the Milwaukee diocese back in November. The 60 year old Chicago native had been the head of the LaCrosse diocese since 2005.
As the popularity of musicals grows, actors warm up their pipes, most recently for 'Nine' and 'Crazy Heart.' Kate Hudson sang songs from "Annie" around the house as a kid, but she never had a professional singing job until she auditioned for the movie "Nine." She walked in and started a song from the show, "A Call From the Vatican." After her first line, a soaring "Guiiiidoooh," the director ...
The Pope will address Irish Catholics in a pastoral letter, the Vatican announced in a press release yesterday. The statement comes following outrage about the catalog of sexual abuse of children uncovered in the Irish Commission of Investigation 's Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin .
The new Archbishop of Milwaukee will be installed the first Monday in January as the leader of some 675,000 parishioners and 211 churches in the area. The Vatican named Bishop Jerome Listecki as the new archbishop of the Milwaukee diocese on Nov. 14. The 60-year-old Chicago native had been the head of the La Crosse diocese since 2005. Listecki is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army ...
GIRLS Pope John Paul II falls to Bogalusa Pope John Paul II’s Lady Jaguars suffered a 76-62 loss to the Bogalusa Lady Jacks in a back-and-forth game held Thursday in Bogalusa.
In a Vatican and Socialist Vietnam first ever, Pope Benedict met with President Nguyen Minh Triet Dec. 11.