Tag Archives : Pope Benedict XVI

Catholic bishops call on the international community and especially the United Nations to put an end, through the implementation of resolutions of its Security Council, the Israeli occupation of the “various Arab territories.” This is the main conclusion of the synod’s final message to the Middle East gathering 185 bishops at the [...]

The scope of the online world and the impact it has on our daily lives isn’t a new revelation, but what is surprising is the latest advice from Pope Benedict XVI to his priests. The supreme authority figure of the Catholic Church, is now urging the priests across the globe to take realize the reach of the internet and use it as a tool to spread the [...]

An unidentified woman ripping off the security fence in the basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican on Thursday, when Pope Benedict came in 16th place, knocking him to the ground when he was preparing to start the Christmas Eve Mass. According to Ciro Benedettini, a spokesman for the Vatican, the Pope stood up quickly, without suffering injury, and continued [...]

As part of Pope Benedict XVI’s campaign for transparency, the secretive Vatican bank gets an overhaul with Italian economist Ettori Tedeschi being appointed the new chief executive, replacing a predecessor that was in position for 20 years. The bank’s supervisory board has also been revamped. The venerable head of the Catholic Church has [...]

Pope Benedict XVI, during his papal visit to the Africa, preached marital fidelity and abstinence as a way to fight HIV/ Aids. There are 22 million people infected with this life threatening disease in the sub Saharan Africa, according to the UN report in 2007. The African population has 17 percent of baptized catholic, and thousands flocked to attend [...]

The lifting of the excommunication that was earlier levied on the Holocaust denier Bishop Williamson was not a lack of communication but a mistake of the government of the Vatican. Even if the Pope did not know about the negation of Bishop Williamson and even if he is not anti-Semitic himself, everyone knows that the subject in question is anti-Semitic. [...]