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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis shows the futility of money and ambition.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday that the current global market crash should teach humans not to value their career and success above all else and that money is ultimately worth nothing . Those who build the house of their lives on sand...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vatican City, Oct 5, 2008 / 09:50 am ( CNA ).- After celebrating the opening Mass for the 12th general assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, Pope Benedict XVI made the synod the focus of his words before the recitation of the Angelus. The Holy Father invited his audience to support the work of the synod on the Bible with their prayers, invoking in a special...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Liked this, all the Pope's heading towards...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI cautioned Roman Catholic bishops in former Soviet republics on Friday against aggressive means of gaining converts, an issue that has complicated attempts to reconcile his church with Orthodox Christians. ...
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Vatican City, 3 Oct. ( AKI ) - Pope Benedict XVI on Friday reaffirmed the Catholic Church's condemnation of contraception despite claims that the policy has driven millions of believers away from the church. The Pope's comments were released on the 40th anniversary of a papal encyclical on the controversial topic to coincide with a congress organised by Sacred Heart Catholic University and the John...
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Urges Bishops to Keep Flame Alive VATICAN CITY, OCT. 2, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI is encouraging prelates from former communist countries to keep the flame of faith alive in their small communities. The Pope made this appeal today when he received in separate visits prelates from Kazakhstan and Central Asia, who were in Rome for their five-yearly visit. In addresses in Italian and Russian,...
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Iddybud Journal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
I wonder if Pope Benedict XVI was watching "Taxi To the Dark Side" on HBO this week? VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Thursday laws against terrorism should not be unjust or inhumane. Speaking to visiting bishops at the Vatican, the pope spoke of "the plague of violence and terrorism, the spread of extremism and fundamentalism" in parts of the world. "Certainly, such
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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 30, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI is praying this month that the upcoming synod of bishops will help the truth of faith to be transmitted. The Apostleship of Prayer announced the general intention chosen by the Pope: "That the synod of bishops may help all those engaged in the service of the word of God to transmit the truth of faith courageously in communion with the entire...
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The Inn at the End of the World (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
From California Catholic Daily : Vatican City (CNA) -- Pope Benedict XVI has made a low profile but significant move in the direction of liturgical reform by completely changing his liturgical consultants. A hardly noticed brief note from the Vatican Press Office on Sept. 24 announced the appointment of new consultants for the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. It did not mention,...
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The Amish aren’t the only ones taking advantage of God’s brightest bounty in the area of energy; Pope Benedict XVI is putting his green talk into action as the first solar panels are installed in Vatican City today. The photovoltaic cells on top of Paul VI hall should generate enough electricity to control the climate [...]
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Pope Benedict XVI has urged tourists to respect the environment and local cultures, touching again on a theme that has earned him a reputation as the “green pope.”
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Couples for Christ Solomon Islands (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
ZENIT The World Seen From Rome Daily dispatch - September 28, 2008 VATICAN DOSSIER John Paul I Seen As Teacher of Humility Sister Faustina's Confessor Remembered Benedict XVI to Return to Vatican Pope: Religious Liberty Is a Win-Win Situation Can't the World Do More for the Poor? ANALYSIS Repressing Religion WORLD FEATURES Bishop Calls on Catholics to Stop Dozing ANGELUS On John Paul I DOCUMENTS Pope's...
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wineandfoodtube | 04/23/2008
For Lidia Bastianich, cooking for Pope Benedict XVI was more than an honor. In her own words, it was a "closing of the circle." Forty years ago, when Lidia was 12 and living in a refugee camp in Trieste, Italy, with her parents and brother, a Catholic relief organization provided them with safe passage and the proper visas to emigrate to America. But Lidia and her parents had to go to the Vatican