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Top Vatican-watcher predicts key Vatican appointment is imminent

Rome, Nov 21 2008 (CWN) - A respected Vatican-watcher is predicting that the Vatican will soon announcement the appointment of a new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. Andrea Tornielli of Il Giornale writes that Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of ...

Did the Pope predict the meltdown of world financial markets?

Nov 21 2008 (CWN) - Did Pope Benedict predict the current worldwide financial crisis? During the past few days dozens of newspapers have run a report suggesting that the Pope had warned about the coming financial meltdown, more than 20 years ago. But more sober ...

Religious and social issues were not prominent in US presidential campaign coverage, study shows

Washington, Nov 21 2008 (CWN) - A study of media coverage during this year's US presidential campaign has concluded that there was relatively little in-depth discussion on religion, and that abortion and same-sex marriage were not heavily emphasized. The study seems to undermine ...

Pope explains St. Paul's approach to justification by faith

Vatican, Nov 19 2008 (CWN) - Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of Wednesday talks on the influence of St. Paul at his general audience on November 19, concentrating on the Apostle's approach to the question of justification. St. Paul, the Holy Father observed, devoted ...

Viet police stand by as mob ransacks Hanoi chapel

Hanoi, Nov 17 2008 (CWN) - A Redemptorist monastery in Hanoi that has been the focus of a struggle between Catholic activists and government officials was attacked by a mob on Saturday night, November 15. Rather than trying to protect the monastery, police did their best to ...

God's judgment should prompt apostolic action, not fear, Pope tells audience

Vatican, Nov 17 2008 (CWN) - Faithful Christians should be "vigilant and industrious while awaiting the return of the Lord Jesus at the end of time," Pope Benedict XVI told his midday audience on Sunday, November 16. The Holy Father said that the parable of the talents, ...

Why Christians long for the Second Coming: Pope explains

Vatican, Nov 12 2008 (CWN) - Christians should not long for the end of the world, Pope Benedict XVI told his regular weekly audience on November 12. But the faithful should pray for the return of Jesus-- even knowing that his Second Coming presages the end of the world-- ...

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Chavez supporters vandalize churches ahead of crucial Venezuela elections

11/21 As Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballots in 28 gubernatorial and 338 mayoral races, pro-Chavez forces are stepping ...

US bishops urge support for CCHD collection in face of diocesan boycotts

11/21 Bishop Roger Morin, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans and chairman of the Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human ...

Orissa rape victim describes assault; Hindus said to offer bounties on Christians

11/21 In the first televised interview since her ordeal in August, a Catholic nun who was sexually assaulted by a Hindu mob in the troubled ...

Jesuit leader: liberation theology deserves more support

11/21 Father Adolfo Nicolas, the new superior general of the Jesuit order, has expressed his disappointment that liberation theology has not ...

Leading Italian rabbi protests Good Friday conversion prayer, backs out of annual ‘day of dialogue’

11/21 The president of the Italian Rabbinic Assembly has announced that he would not take part in the next "day of Jewish-Christian dialogue ...

Beatification ceremony to take place in Cuba next Saturday

11/21 The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced yesterday that the Servant of God Jose Olallo Valdes (1820-89), a ...

SC diocesan administrator issues letter on Father Newman controversy

11/21 In a letter dated Tuesday and published yesterday, Msgr. Martin T. Laughlin, administrator of the Diocese of Charleston, has made ...

Kerala: Syro-Malabar Church defends nun, priests accused of murder

11/21 A spokesman for the Syro-Malabar Church has come to the defense of two priests and a nun arrested in connection with a nun’s 1992 murder. ...

Goa: Acquittal in case involving 2006 stabbing of priest

11/21 The South Goa Sessions Court on Monday acquitted two men accused of smothering, strangling, and stabbing Father Eusebio Ferrao to death in ...

Arab countries must admit reality of anti-Christian violence: Palestinian writer

11/21 A Palestinian newspaper columnist has called upon his people to recognize the anti-Christian violence as a danger to society. Writing in ...

Prominent Italian nun raises eyebrows with comments on 'right to die' case

11/21 An Italian nun well known for her charitable work has stirred concern among the country's bishops with published remarks that appear to ...

Planned Parenthood lashes out at Boston's Cardinal O'Malley

11/21 The Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts has unleashed a broadside of criticism against Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley, in response ...

Armenian Apostolic leader to visit Rome, join in ecumenical services

11/21 Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Lebanon, will visit Rome next week and participate in a ...

UN Population Fund encourages 'sensitive' pursuit of 'reproductive rights'

11/21 The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has released a "State of the World" report that recommends "culturally sensitive approaches" to the drive ...

Pope's liturgical schedule for Christmas season made public

11/21 The Vatican has released a full schedule of public liturgical events at which Pope Benedict XVI will preside during the months of November ...

Israeli company wins contract for Vatican security cameras

11/21 Iolmage, an Israeli company, has agreed to install "smart cameras" at strategic locations around the Vatican-- particularly at entry ...

Vatican event celebrates installation of solar panels

11/21 Vatican officials have scheduled a ceremony on November 26 to call attention to the installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the ...

Discovery astronaut took St. Therese relic into space

11/21 The Curia of the Order of Discalced Carmelite announced Saturday that Col. Ron Garan, an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Discovery ...

St. Benedict Press purchases TAN Books and Publishers

11/21 Brent Klaske, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing of TAN Books and Publishers, announced that his firm ‘has been acquired out of ...

Life Prize awards for American pro-life activists

11/21 The Gerard Health Foundation has identified the winners of its first Life Prizes: awards recognizing "unsurpassed strides in preserving ...

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