Bono – church role in  Debt Forgiveness

Bono – church role in Debt Forgiveness

Bono: Catholics Should be Made Aware of How Their Church Helped Secure Debt Forgiveness A CNA/EWTN article describing Bono’s comments about the Catholic Church’s pivotal role in the debt forgiveness of and how it helped build schools reads in part: Vatican City, Nov...

Surprise letter from Benedict XVI

Rocco Palmo of “Whispers in the Loggia” website writes…”The Church’s Deepest Nature” – In His Own Call, B16 Directs Catholic Charities Released by surprise at Roman Noon this Saturday, the following is the Vatican’s official...
Universality of the new Cardinals

Universality of the new Cardinals

John Allen writes, Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted his Nov. 24 consistory, the fifth of his papacy, to express the universality of Catholicism. His choice of six new cardinals from every continent except Europe was designed to convey, as he put it Saturday, that the...
Papal encyclical for Year of Faith announced

Papal encyclical for Year of Faith announced

Pope Benedict XVI’s fourth encyclical will be released in the first half of 2013, timed to coincide with the Year of Faith. “The Pope is preparing a new encyclical on the subject of faith, to be published in the first half of next year, during the Year of Faith,”...
A Cardinal not afraid of tears

A Cardinal not afraid of tears

Newly-created Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was unable to hold back tears during the Consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. The moment came as Benedict XVI handed him his gold ring and biretta. Tagle later explained why he became so emotional during the...