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.
The depth of cynicism behind the Vatican's invitation last month to right-wing Episcopalians "to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony" is best understood through one of Rome's most high-profile converts, a certain John Henry Newman.
Vatican City recognizes new saints, including a priest who ministered in Hawaii.
Using the pulpit of the Long Island Catholic newspaper, Bishop William Murphy has weighed in on the national controversy about the Vatican investigation of religious sisters in the United States.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican defended its review of U.S. women's religious orders this week amid criticism from the sisters that the process is secretive and amounts to a crackdown.
UPPER PROVIDENCE — The principals at two area Catholic high schools that will be merged when the new Pope John Paul II High School opens next year have been named to head up the new school, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Friday.
Much has been made lately of Pope Benedict XVI's apparent lenience for "cafeteria Catholicism" on the right.
A Vatican investigation into compliance of U.S. Sisters to Catholic doctrine should not impact members of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes.
Cardinal Franc Rodé, who is conducting an apostolic visitation of U.S. women religious communities, spoke about the visitation on Vatican Radio Nov. 4, Catholic News Service reported.
The St. Thomas Aquinas and the Pope John Paul II football game was a tale of two halves.
Pope John Paul II’s Lady Jaguars captured a 25-13, 25-23, 25-19 bi-district round playoff win Wednesday over the Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies Yellow Jackets at home.
Pope John Paul II’s Jaguars and the St. Thomas Aquinas Falcons play for the “Catholic Cup” tonight in a District 8-2A match up at Strawberry Stadium on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond with kickoff set for 7.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Shroud of Turin on the 2nd of May,2010, which prompts the question "Is the Holy Shroud of Turin real?" According to Researcher Dr. Peter J. Shield PhD, "The amassed evidence for its authenticity is indisputable!"
ROME, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The Vatican has weighed in on a European court's ruling that crucifixes should be banned from Italian classrooms, calling it "short-sighted."
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs healthy debates between theologians to increase the understanding of faith, but the debate must always uphold official church teaching and must be conducted in a way that does not confuse the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI said.
The Vatican post office says it has issued its first Braille stamps to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the French creator of the writing and reading system for the blind.