Click Here to take our brief survey It’s amazing how people jump to conclusions regarding conferences that offer suggestions to the Pope. This is from today’s National Catholic Reporter. VATICAN CITY — A Vatican spokesman downplayed a report that major liturgical reforms are being considered by Pope Benedict XVI.“At the moment, there are no institutional …
Tag Archive: Pope Benedict XVI
Aug
10
Pope says "individuals" need to change in order to change cycle of poverty
Quote of the weekend: Economy and finance … can be used badly when those at the helm are motivated by purely selfish ends. …we must adopt a realistic attitude as we take up … new responsibilities to which we are called by the prospect of a world in need of profound cultural renewal, a world …
Jul
11
What gift would you give the Pope?
So Barack gave the Pope a stole and the Pope autographed a copy of his encyclical. If you were to meet the Pope what would you want to give to him? I think I’d give his cat, Chico, a scratching post that looks like a crosier. =) http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Jul
10
Pope Presses Obama on Pro-Life Issues
From John Allen at NCR and in my opinion the right way to engage the debate with the President. Thanks to the Pope for taking the lead here. When President Barack Obama came calling on Pope Benedict XVI today, the two men enjoyed a “truly cordial” encounter, according to a Vatican spokesperson, but at the …
Jul
09
Pope to Obama: You’re too conservative
From today’s Washington Post and E.J. Dionne When President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow, there will be no right-wing Catholic demonstrators upbraiding the pontiff, as they did Notre Dame earlier this year, for conferring the church’s legitimacy upon this liberal politician. In fact, whether he is the beneficiary of providence or merely good …
Jul
08
Pope fires those responsible for SSPX fiasco
John Allen has the scoop as usual! RomeIn what could be seen as another piece of fallout from Benedict XVI’s January decision to lift the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including one who is a Holocaust denier, the pope today restructured the Vatican office that handles relations with the traditionalist world — and, in effect, …
May
09
Pope Benedict Sets New Papal Record: Mosque Visits
The greatest headline ever from John Allen in NCR The late Pope John Paul II reigned so long and did so much that it’s difficult to imagine Benedict XVI surpassing his records in most areas, especially after a scant four years in office. Today, however, Benedict moved past John Paul II in one telling category: …
Apr
20
Pope’s Gift to Prince Charles…Or Not?
This in today with hat tips to The Times of London and Catholic News Service Upon Prince Charles’ visit to the Vatican the Times of London reported the Pope was going to issue a luxury facsimile of the 1530 appeal by English peers to Pope Clement VII asking for the annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage …
Apr
06
To Vatican Critics: Media Matters for You Too
I got annoyed at a few friends the other night and I think I shot the messenger. They mentioned that they were annoyed at Pope Benedict’s statements while he was in Africa about how condoms are not a solution to the AIDS crisis. I asked them (probably in an angry NY tone) what they thought …
Mar
24
Pope Expresses Sorrow over Trampling
Just in from Zenit Benedict XVI expressed his profound sorrow over the death of two girls trampled by the crowd, which also left some 90 wounded, in the incident that took place outside Luanda’s Coqueiros Stadium, where soon afterward the meeting with young Congolese was to be held. “I have prayed, and pray for them,” …
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