Pope Benedict is of the opinion that political colonialism was long over in Africa. The new form of colonialism is that of material exports to the continent by the developed world. Calling it a “toxic spiritual rubbish”, the Pope fears of materialism colonialism. In this context at least, the political colonialism isn’t over yet.
A synod [...]

For months, a serious journal of the Italian Bishops Conference, the “Avvenire” remained distant from what is the main topic of conversation in Italy: the spicy life of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
But when readers complained, saying the newspaper of the Catholic Church might have a moral obligation to denounce the divorce, relationships with teenage girls, [...]

The revelations contained in the 2,600-page report by Ireland’s Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse are shocking, to say the least. The report details the terror and abuse inflicted by Catholic clergy and nuns on thousands of boys and girls in Catholic educational institutions, making the conclusion that ‘rape, sexual violence, and physical abuse were [...]

“Galileo was the first man with a telescope that looked into the sky. It opened for mankind a hitherto little-known world, expanding the boundaries of our knowledge and forcing us to reread the book of nature in a new look. The Church wants to honor the figure of Galileo, innovative, brilliant son of the Church,” [...]

The Philippines definitely suffers from a huge population growth. In recent months, the issue of birth control has taken a sensational sociopolitical scenario. The classic and proverbial clash between church and state has never been more apparent than in the issue of contraception. Legislators have passed the controversial Reproductive Health Bill that many influential sectors [...]

If Christmas is the season of loving and giving, then the Pope must be celebrating some concocted evil festival of his own making today. The Pope’s annual Christmas address to cardinals at the Vatican this time was so rife with anti-gay sentiments that even religious authorities within Churches are frowning with disappointment.
It appears that the [...]