by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2011 | Church
Charity urges us… “The mission of charity is urgent. Benedict XVI states: It is Christ’s charity that drives us on: “caritas Christi urget nos” (2 Corinthians 5:14). The urgency is inscribed not only in things, it is not derived solely from the rapid...
by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2011 | Church
A Vatican-appointed panel of scientists has reported what climate change experts have been warning for years: the Earth is getting warmer, glaciers are melting, and urgent measures are necessary to stem the damage. ” We call on all people and nations to...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2011 | Church
The Australian site of Congregation of the Mission weighs in and presents reactions to the forced retirement of the Bishop of Toowoomba (Queensland), Bishop Bill Morris. May 5, 2011 The recent announcement of the removal of the Bishop of Toowoomba (Queensland),...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2011 | Church, Evangelization
(Zenit.org).- Evangelization in a world of communications technology is the biggest challenge the Vatican is facing today, according to Archbishop Celli, the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. “We should ask ourselves to what degree...
by John Freund, CM | May 5, 2011 | Church
(CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican says it does not rejoice in the death of Osama bin Laden. “Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibility of each and every one of us before God and before man, and hopes and commits...
by John Freund, CM | May 3, 2011 | Church
May 3, 2011. (Romereports.com) The Vatican met with a group of Catholic bloggers of all ages, that come very every corner of the world. The Pontifical council in charge of communications accepted requests to attend and chose 150 bloggers based on their nationality,...
