 Pope sends message to Gregorian University conference on 'Healing and Renewal'
Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has sent a message in the name of Pope Benedict to an international symposium of bishops and church personnel seeking to provide a coordinated response to the sex abuse crisis. In the message to participants at the Symposium entitled “Towards Healing and Renewal”, the Pope reiterates his conviction that “healing for abuse victims must be of paramount concern in the Christian community”, together with “a profound renewal of the Church at every level”.
The Pope therefore “supports and encourages every effort to respond with evangelical charity to the challenge of providing children and vulnerable adults with an ecclesial environment conducive to their human and spiritual growth” and he urges the ...»
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 Protection of children must be priority for the Church
An international conference on how Churches around the world should be dealing with sexual abuse by clergy opens here in Rome on Monday evening at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Bishops conferences from across the globe have sent representatives to the four day meeting which hopes to draw up a coordinated response in preventing the crime of abuse and supporting survivors.
The superior general of the Society ...»
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Pope Benedict: Overcoming illness with faith
St Peter’s Square was very much the picture postcard scene this Sunday as a blanket of snow covered the ground and monuments.
Pope Benedict as he greeted the estimated 10 thousand faithful gather was wrapped up warm in a white coat to guard against the chill in the air.
At weeks Angelus Pope Benedict took his inspiration from Sunday’s Gospel
“In the Gospel this Sunday, we learn of the healing that Jesus brought to many ...»
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 Lombardi Editorial: Credibility and transparency
Credibility and transparency
In these years of heated debate and strong criticism towards the Holy See and the Church, it is absolutely necessary to remain firm, and – drawing inspiration from the Pope’s following of the Gospel standards of truth and moral strength – to show a firm determination to continue to give a coherent witness to moral values. The matter is especially urgent in two fields that attract ...»
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Gregorian University to host conference on 'Healing and Renewal' from sex abuse
Representatives of 100 bishops’ conferences and 30 religious orders meet in Rome next week to launch a global initiative aimed at improving efforts to address the clerical sex abuse crisis.
The initiative is to be presented at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University during the course of a four day conference entitled ‘Towards Healing and Renewal’, supported by the Vatican Secretariat of ...»
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Catholic bishops visit London Olympic site
With six-months to go before the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympiad, bishops from the three London dioceses have visited the Olympic Park to see how 504 acres of previously toxic wasteland in the East End of London has been transformed into a place of new life and immense beauty.
At the invitation of Mgr John Armitage, chair of the Catholic 2012 Committee and Catholic trustee on the board of Christian Olympic ...»
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 The King is dead, Long Live the Queen
On February 6th 1952, the 25 year old British Princess Elizabeth was on a royal tour of Kenya when she was informed of the sudden death of her father, King George VI. Two days later, after returning to England, she was proclaimed "Queen of the Realm, head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith"
60 years on, commemorations here in Rome and around the world for the king's death and the young queen's ...»
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 Dedicated to two young princesses...
Towards the end of his life Sir Edward Elgar dedicated a 'Nursery Suite" to two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret and their mother, says music historian Monsignor Philip Whitmore: "Elgar jotted down a few notes about each movement in the suite. ' The first one', he said, 'should call up memories of happy and peaceful awakenings: the music flows in a serene way; a fragment of a ...»
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Why a temple for atheists?
The British media has recently been covering a story which focuses around philosopher and writer Alain de Botton’s alleged plans to build a one million and a half pound , 150 foot tower at the heart of London’s financial district to house a ' Temple for atheists '.
Plans which seem to have provoked the ire of some non-believers. As Alain de Botton writes in his blog this idea seems ...»
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Pope Benedict’s prayer intentions for this month of February are that all people have full access to water and the resources necessary for survival. Water is the most precious natural resource on earth as without it no living thing can survive. But our planet’s water resources are not shared out equitably. Around a billion people, largely in developed nations, do not have access to clean ...» |
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The UN has warned that nearly 12 million people in the Sahel region of Africa face the spectre of famine within months unless the international community acts now. Drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left five countries in West-Central Africa on the brink of a humanitarian crisis prompting all five governments to declare states of emergency. The worst affected nation is Niger where ...» |
As Vatican Radio's film critic Peter Malone observes, when Martin Scorsese fans heard he was to direct a children’s film and in 3D, they were perplexed. It just didn’t seem like the material for the director of "Taxi Driver", "Mean Streets" and "The Departed"…
But Oscar nominations speak for themselves, and Scorsese’s Paris adventure “Hugo” is leading the way ...» |
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Heavy snowfall grips Europe
 Huge falls of snow have caused chaos across Eastern Europe. More than a meter of snow fell on the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo Saturday trapping people in ...»
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Australian floods strand thousands
 Heavy rains are continuing in Australia, as military helicopters evacuated stranded residents from flooded towns. More than 11,000 people in Queensland ...»
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Fight against malaria continues
 A recent study published by the British medical journal the Lancet shows that more than a million people died from malaria in 2010, which is drastically ...»
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"Jesus of Nazareth" volume II |
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In this week's edition of "There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye," Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Fifth Sunday of the Year.
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Our regular guest Joan Lewis takes a look back over the past week of papal activities and other events here in the Eternal City....
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On the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd of February , Feast of the Presentation of the Lord , Pope Benedict XVI will preside over vespers in Saint Peter's Basilica at 5.30 pm.
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"In your Latin dictionary 'Februo ' means to purify, for the Romans it was the month to make penance and get ready for the New Year..now it's Candlemas but in the old days it was called the Feast of the Purification of Mary..."
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The United States has proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 