Vatican Secretary of State Speaks to Press
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone says that the secret to Benedict XVI’s popularity is his character, because he is a man of God who loves, and who speaks from the heart.
The Vatican secretary of state said this today when speaking with journalists in a press conference near Lorenzago di Cadore, the [...]

The director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York says the people of that region are delighted at the prospect of a visit from Benedict XVI.
Joseph Zwilling said in a statement released Monday: “The clergy, religious, and laity of the Archdiocese of New York are delighted with the news that our Holy Father, Benedict [...]

PASTORAL VISIT
OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO ASSISI
ON THE EIGHTH CENTENARY OF THE CONVERSION OF SAINT FRANCIS
MEETING WITH THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL CHAPTER
OF THE FRIARS MINOR CONVENTUAL
AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE SACRO CONVENTO
IN THE UPPER BASILICA OF ST FRANCIS

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
To Reverend Fr Marco Tasca
Minister General of the Order of Friars [...]

Benedict XVI appointed Bishop David Zubik to lead the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He will begin his new post in September.
Bishop Zubik’s appointment ends the 14-month vacancy since Archbishop Donald Wuerl was appointed to the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Bishop Zubik, 57, has led since 2003 the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, but he is a native [...]

The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Munster, Germany, presented by Bishop Friedrich Ostermann, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Franz-Josef Overbeck of the clergy of the diocese of Munster, Germany, director of the institute for the diaconate and pastoral ministry, as auxiliary of the [...]

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