Articles on this issue "cultures"
A man at ease with himself, characterized by personal warmth and intelligence. An early riser, with an affection for opera, tango and Dostoevsky. A man defined by the Ignatian spirituality. …
read moreIt’s been said that when the revolution comes, you won’t read about it in the newspapers. Indeed, when the history of this part of the world is written, it may point to the recent …
read moreBenedict XVI's vicar for the Diocese of Rome was awarded an honorary doctorate in institutional social communications from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Cardinal Camillo Ruini, …
read moreEven though society doesn't make room for God, there is still a space for him in the gaps secularism has left, said the president of the Vatican's culture council. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi …
read moreIt's urgent that the Church remember the "exalted values" that give meaning to life in the face of advanced secularization, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this Saturday upon receiving in …
read moreThe Pontifical Council of Culture will dedicate its next plenary assembly to the theme of secularization. The council, presided over by Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, will gather March 6-8 for …
read moreMany Georges were busy this winter. While Cardinal Francis George of Chicago was being elected president of the U.S. episcopal conference, Cardinal George Pell, Robert George and George Weigel …
read moreA culture worthy of human life needs to be promoted, both in the Church and in the world, says Benedict XVI, who encouraged pontifical academies in their quest to accomplish this objective. …
read moreBenedict XVI says that the peace promoted by the Christian faith is key to avoiding the so called clash of civilizations. The Pope said this on Monday, his birthday, in the meeting he had with …
read moreThe causes of secularization can be found in the depth of the human heart, says the president of the Pontifical Councils for Culture and Interreligious Dialogue. Cardinal Paul Poupard affirmed …
read moreA theologian and vice rector of the Lateran University thinks that the Christian of the future will either be a mystic -- or not a Christian at all. Monsignor Ignazio Sanna delivered that …
read moreThe Pope encouraged efforts to foster understanding between peoples and cultures, when he received in audience the trustees of the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. "It is with …
read moreAn artist who depends on daily Mass for sustenance while writing thinks that modern Catholic literature is stuck in a cultural ghetto. To break out of that scenario, Michael D. O'Brien, a …
read moreThe splendor of Byzantine spirituality is being exhibited in Rome. Paintings on wood, frescoes and icons, kept in the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, are on display in Rome until …
read moreDuring his Bulgaria trip John Paul II personally met with an 80-year-old Carmelite nun who had spent 38 Communist-era years confined to a church. Sister Therese of the Infant Child Jesus and …
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