Jan

31

Vatican Preparing Bioethics Document

January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

An Update to 20-Year-Old “Donum Vitae”
The Holy See is preparing a document on new bioethical questions posed by advancing biotechnology, according to the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Archbishop Angelo Amato said the document would seek to update the 1987 instruction “Donum Vitae,” signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, which dealt with [...]

Jan

31

Schools Continue to Discriminate Against Christian Students

January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

You won’t hear it reported by the so-called mainstream media, but Christian students in our nation’s public schools are frequently finding a hostile environment when they attempt to live out their faith in the classroom, often in the simplest of ways.

Many of these cases of discrimination crop up when students attempt to initiate Good News [...]

Jan

30

Consecrated Life Going Strong, Says Archbishop

January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Notes Growth in Positive Direction
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 30, 2007 – Consecrated life is in a moment of enormous vitality, says a Vatican official.
The secretary for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Archbishop Agostino Gardin, told the Spanish magazine Vida Religiosa that: “Those who speak insistently of decadence do not [...]

Jan

30

Bishop Appointed for Youngstown, Ohio

January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed Bishop George Murry to head the Diocese of Youngstown, moving him from the same post in the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
The Vatican press office announced the change today.
The 58-year-old bishop succeeds Bishop Thomas Tobin, who now heads the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island.
George Murry was born in Camden, [...]

Jan

29

INTO GREAT SILENCE

January 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

a film by Philip Groning
Synopsis
Nestled deep in the postcard-perfect French Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is considered one of the world’s most ascetic monasteries. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Groning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. [...]

keep looking »