Catholic Mom reflects on Pope's media message

Catholic Mom offers her personal reflections on the Pope’s recent message Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age. But she takes it further by offering her site as a clearing house for links referring to it. She is apparently on to...

Digital rosaries from RomeReports

An Italian electronics technician invented this device so Catholics can listen to the rosary being recited without using traditional beads. RomeReports video Transcription of video January 24, 2011. In this ever-changing technological world, it’s no wonder...

Papal message for 45th World Communications Day

In his annual reflection on communications Benedict writes, “The new technologies are not only changing the way we communicate, but communication itself, so much so that it could be said that we are living through a period of vast cultural transformation. This...

Social justice teaching needs new vocabulary

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson sees need to make some adjustments in the way he talks about the Church’s social teaching, writes the Catholic News Agency. The Pontifical Council for Peace and Justice has been surprised to find that common terms were misunderstood...

Pope speaks out for religious freedom

“In years past, popes have typically used the speech to diplomats as a sort of foreign policy panorama, surveying major global concerns such as economic justice, war and peace, the environment, and equity in diplomatic relations. This year, however, Benedict XVI...

Green Pope acts on environmental pollution

Few have noticed that Pope Benedict’s creation of a new in-house  financial watchdog also includes criminalization of environmental pollution. In article 18, the new law establishes a penalty of up to six months imprisonment and a fine of $3,500 to $35,000 for...
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