Says It Is Linked to Nuclear Nonproliferation
Disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation can work together to fight against terrorism and promote peace among nations, according to the Holy See.
Monsignor Michael Banach, the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, said this at a preparatory meeting for the 2010 review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation […]

Prayer and sacramental life are pastoral priorities for priests, even if they are called to take on great missionary challenges, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this today, in an audience in Castel Gandolfo with priests and bishops of Mali, Africa. The prelates were in Italy for their five-yearly visit with the Holy Father and members […]

In Favor of Reform and Continued Debate
The U.S. bishops expressed reservations about a immigration reform bill to be debated in the Senate next week, but added that they are in favor of continuing the legislative process.
Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernardino, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, released a statement today on the […]

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Published Winter 2006-2007

Ludolphus the Carthusian
Vita Christi
Introductory Volume

Contents : The Vita Christi of Ludolphus the Cartusian by Sister Mary Immaculate Bodenstedts, S.N.D. - Entry in the Nouvelle Bibliographie Cartusienne “Ludolphe de Saxe ou Le Chartreux” prepared by Dom Augustin Devaux and Dom Gabriel van Dijck - The Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony in the Analecta […]

Warns of Loss of “Mystical Impulse”
An exclusive emphasis on rational theology could lead to a weakening of the “mystical impulse” of the Church, according to an expert on angelology.
Father Marcello Stanzione, the president of the Center of Studies of Angelology at the Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria La Nova in Campagna, Italy, is the founder […]

John I was a priest of Rome. He became pope after the death of Pope St. Hormisdas in 523. At that time, Italy’s ruler, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. (The Arians did not believe that Jesus is God.) Theodoric let Catholics alone at the beginning of his reign. Later, however, he changed and became […]

Peaceful Demonstration Sends Strong Message
By Irene Lagan
An estimated 1 million people poured into the square outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran this week. The mostly Catholic crowd was a show of force to the leftist government that has tested the patience of the Italian people, most recently through proposed legislation to legitimize civil unions.
Billed […]

Urges U.N. to Show “Social Farsightedness”  
The Holy See has asked the United Nations to “show flexibility and social farsightedness” this session and adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations, said this Wednesday in an address to the 6th session of the permanent […]

Given the influence the media have on society, everyone is a stakeholder in the communications sector, said Bishop Joseph Duffy. Bishop Duffy, the chair of the communications commission of the Irish bishops’ conference, welcomed Benedict XVI’s message for the 41st World Communications Day, which will be observed Sunday.
Bishop Duffy said, “World Communications Day is an […]