On May 10th Pope Benedict XVI bestowed on the twelfth century German mystic, foundress, and poet, Saint Hildegard of Bingen, what is called an “equivalency canonization.” This is done when someone who has been venerated as a saint for centuries through … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Clip from Pope’s April Address to Members of College of Cardinals: Today the word ecclesia militans [Church Militant] is a bit out of fashion, but in reality we can always better understand that which is true, that … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Acceding to a request by Pope Benedict, Cuba’s Communist government has declared Good Friday this year to be a national holiday. The government will later decide whether to make the holiday permanent. Read more here.
Catholic Culture: Pope Benedict XVI met at length with Cuban President Raul Castro on March 27 as he neared the conclusion of his visit to the island nation. On Wednesday, March 28, he will meet with Fidel Castro before returning … Continue reading
Asia News: “Even today there is much talk of the Church of Rome, of many things, we hope they will also speak of our faith, the exemplary faith of the Church of Rome.” The phrase was pronounced yesterday by Benedict … Continue reading
Phil Lawler of Catholic Culture: Is it humiliating for American political leaders to read that Pope Benedict sees an erosion of religious freedom in our country? It should be. Read full article here.
It’s that simple, as Father Paul Wattson intended it in petitioning Rome to approve the liturgical octave. Pope Saint Pius X approved of the octave in 1908 and Pope Benedict XV promoted its observance throughout the whole Catholic Church. The … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Edward Green, the former director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard School of Health, has again defended Pope Benedict’s 2009 remarks on AIDS and condoms. While traveling to Africa, the Pontiff told journalists that AIDS … Continue reading
Our Sunday Visitor: One month before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to his German homeland — his third as pontiff — diocesan weeklies ran stories with headlines like, “It is going to be a fiasco.” Full report here.
Catholic Culture: On the eve of Pope Benedict’s arrival in Madrid, riot police clashed with thousands of protestors, some of whom were chanting “God yes, Church no” and “we are not the Pope’s youth.” Eight protestors were arrested, and nine … Continue reading
The Chinese Communist government has once again boldly promoted itself as the ultimate master of all things Chinese, including mainland religious affairs, with the ordering of three illicit consecrations (since November, 2010) of bishops having no papal mandate. The Chinese … Continue reading
Zenit News: “Everywhere we were received even by total strangers with a warmth and affection I had not thought possible until that day,” he remembered. “In this way I learned firsthand how earnestly people wait for a priest, how much … Continue reading
In his Letter to the Church in China, May 27, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI established May 24, the feast day of Our Lady Help of Christians, as a Universal Day of Prayer for the Church in China. A year later … Continue reading
In an May 14 address to the directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies the Holy Father said among many other challenging things “that evangelization requires a living faith which plants within a person the desire to share that faith with others. This … Continue reading
This is a clip from the Holy Fathers Holy Thursday sermon: “We too, all of us, need to learn again to accept God and Jesus Christ as he is, and not the way we want him to be,” the Pope … Continue reading
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