Jun

23

Jerusalem Patriarch Takes Office

June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments

Archbishop Fouad Twal took his post as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, joining with Benedict XVI in thanking his predecessor.During an enthronement Mass on Sunday, Archbishop Twal, 67, officially succeeded Archbishop Michel Sabbah, who stepped down after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
At the beginning of the Eucharistic celebration, the apostolic delegate to Jerusalem, [...]

Jun

23

Benedict XVI Thanks His Diocesan Vicar

June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI marked Cardinal Camillo Ruini’s 25th anniversary of episcopal ordination with a letter thanking him for his more than 17 years of service as the Pope’s vicar for the Diocese of Rome.The Pope’s letter, dated Thursday, was read at a solemn Mass presided over by Cardinal Ruini at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
In [...]

Jun

23

Bishop: Turkey Needs Pilgrims for Pauline Year

June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Visitors to Turkey for the Pauline Jubilee Year can offer support to that nation’s tiny minority of Christians — but only if they come as pilgrims, not tourists, says the president of the Turkish bishops’ conference.Bishop Luigi Padovese affirmed this on Vatican Radio on Sunday. That day, accompanied by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the [...]

Jun

23

Cardinal Calls Politics a “Serious Issue”

June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

Christians should not label politics as the realm where corruption flourishes, but should engage in politics as an instrument for building up a society worthy of man, said a Vatican official.Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, affirmed this Saturday when he concluded a two-day Vatican conference on “Politics, a [...]

Jun

23

SSPX Confirms Existence of Vatican Offer

June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This is an update on recent news for your information:
SSPX Confirms Existence of Vatican Offer
by Gregor Kollmorgen
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Following up on the Tornielli piece regarding a Vatican offer for regualrization to the SSPX [...], Fr Alain-Marc Nély, second assistant of Bishop Fellay, the superior of the Society of St. Pius X, has confirmed to the Swiss [...]

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