by John Freund, CM | Jun 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Certainly a question for the many members of the Vincentian family who often find themselves in airports. Romereports.com writes “Benedict XVI met with airport chaplains and flight attendants to promote the ‘The New Evangelization in the Field of Civil...
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2012 | Church
According to Rome Reports, the Pope is to attend a public performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in the opera house of La Scala in Milan. When I was ordained in 1965 clerics were forbidden to attend public spectacles in opera houses.
by John Freund, CM | May 9, 2012 | Church
Pope Benedict XVI has given his personal approval to bishops in the southeastern United States who are using social media to evangelize. So writes the EWTN website. “He understood and supported us in our use of this vehicle because it does allow the Church to enter...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 15, 2012 | Church
Perhaps this is an under-reported story in the English-speaking world… An Italian website writes…”With a letter written personally to Cardinal William J. Levada, Benedict XVI has ordered the congregation for the doctrine of the faith to examine...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 9, 2012 | Church
The following circulated on the Internet, suspiciously close to April 1! “According to multiple sources, in a surprising move, the Pope has decided to go where no pontiff has gone before. He has started his own blog. Several other bishops and cardinals have been...
