(July 3, 2009) Former director general of Vatican Radio, Jesuit priest Fr. Pasquale Borgomeo has passed away. He died Thursday afternoon in Rome at ...»
(July 3, 2009) Pope Benedict the XVI on Friday authorized the proclamation of 12 decrees that recognize the miracles, martyrdom and heroic virtues of 16 men and women candidates for beatification and sainthood. Among four miracles approved by the Pope is one attributed to the intercession of renowned and learned English Cardinal John Henry Newman who converted to Catholicism from Anglicanism in ...»
(July 3, 2009) The Vatican on Friday released the details of Pope Benedict XVI two-day visit to the Czech Republic in September. The Pope will fly to the Czech capital Prague on September 26, Saturday, where he will visit the famous Infant Jesus of Prague at the Church of Our Lady of Victory. Later that day he will meet president Vaclav Klaus privately in the presidential palace and then ...»
(July 2, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI's new encyclical, titled "Caritas in Veritate," will be released Tuesday, the Vatican announced. The Vatican press office confirmed Wednesday, that the Pope's first social encyclical, which is expected to offer an analysis of the current economic crisis, will be presented at a press conference in the late morning July 7. The text will then be released ...»
(July 02, 2009) Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, 4th of July, will inaugurate the newly restored Pauline Chapel, which contains the two final works of Michelangelo. The Pope will celebrate solemn vespers in the chapel, which is within the Apostolic Palace and is used as a private chapel for the Pontiffs. It houses Michelangelo's depictions of the conversion of St. Paul and the ...»
(July 02, 2009) A statue of John Paul II titled "Be Not Afraid," was inaugurated Tuesday at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The new sculpture was blessed by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow and personal secretary and of the Polish Pope during his 27 years of pontificate. The Tuscan sculptor, Stefano Pierotti, was present at the inauguration as well as the mayor of Rome, ...»
