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. […]

Jan

28

Prayer as Recipe for Holier Families

January 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Bishop Proposes Practical Tips for 2007AMARILLO, Texas, JAN. 28, 2007 - Prayer topped the list of several practical tips for strengthening the Catholic family that the bishop of Amarillo offered in a recent pastoral letter.
In the letter released this month, Bishop John Yanta suggested that families should go to Sunday Mass or pray the rosary […]

Jan

27

“essentials vs. accidentals. “

January 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There is a line from one of Thomas Merton’s books where he made that there never was a “ghetto mentality” in St. Benedict. Merton pointed out that Benedict did not say “a monk should NEVER _______,” but rather looked at the real life elements in question. Ordinarily a monk should not eat outside the enclosure […]

Jan

24

Ancient Papyrus Donated to the Vatican

January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Contains Parts of the Gospels of Luke and John
Benedict XVI received as a gift to the Holy See one of the most ancient manuscripts of the Gospels, an artifact that demonstrates Scripture’s historical actuality.
The Pope was given the 14-15 Bodmer Papyrus (P75), dated between A.D. 175 and 225, on Monday by Frank Hanna and his […]

Jan

22

The freedom to choose the minister for the Rite of Reconciliation

January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Remember the passage, “there is more rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner than over ahundred who need not repent.”
 
The freedom to choose the minister for confession is broad in fact and in practice. But I want to add that it is so especially in the teaching of the Church. All matters of conscience are […]

Jan

22

U.S. Priest to Represent Vatican in Vienna

January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed a U.S. priest, Monsignor Michael Banach, as permanent representative of the Holy See at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Vatican press office announced today that the Pope also appointed Monsignor Banach his representative at other international institutions with headquarters in Vienna.
He will be the papal representative at the European Organization for Security […]

Jan

21

Florida Bishop Nevins Retires

January 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In VENICE, Florida today Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop John Nevins, 75, first bishop of the Diocese of Venice.
Bishop Frank Dewane, coadjutor bishop of Venice since April, now becomes head of the diocese, announced the Vatican press office Friday.
Frank Dewane was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 9, 1950. After obtaining a […]

Jan

19

Religious Freedom Is Solution for Iraq, Prelate Says

January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Proposed Division of Boundaries Concerns Kirkuk Archbishop
KIRKUK, Iraq, JAN. 18, 2007.- Worried over the increasingly complicated situation in Iraq, the archbishop of Kirkuk warns that a division of boundaries will lead to more conflict, with Christians caught in the middle.
AsiaNews reported on Tuedsay an interview with Chaldean Archbishop Louis Sako, who says that a divided […]

Jan

18

Vatican Officials to Discuss Church in China

January 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Members of various Vatican dicasteries are gathered to begin discussing the situation of the Church in China, AsiaNews reported.
The meeting will begin Friday, and include discussions on the illicit ordination of bishops, the unity of the official and underground Church and the Patriotic Association, reported today the news agency of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign […]

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