Articles on this issue "death"
Benedict XVI is expressing his condolences for the victims of an explosion last week at the headquarters of Mexico's state oil company. At least 37 were killed and several dozen more were …
read moreIn a telegram addressed to Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo of Barquisimeto in Venezuela, the Pope Benedict XVI expressed his over the recent riot that took place in Uribana Prison. The …
read moreHere is the translation of the telegram sent to Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert of Santa Maria, Brazil by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, expressing the Holy …
read moreIn a telegram addressed to Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert of Santa Maria in Brazil, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone conveyed Pope Benedict's condolences upon hearing of the tragedy in Rio Grande do …
read moreBenedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, metropolitan archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, for the death of Cardinal Józef Glemp, archbishop of that archdiocese from …
read moreBy Ann Schneible The Communion of Saints and the commemoration of the faithful who have died are present and live in our hearts," Pope Benedict XVI said in his homily at Mass on Saturday, the …
read moreBy Junno Arocho Pope Benedict XVI expressed his condolences upon hearing of the death of John Evans Atta Mills, president of Ghana. Elected in 2009, Atta Mills was only months away from …
read moreWhen facing death, one is forced to face reality and recognize things for what they are, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this Monday upon presiding in St. Peter's Basilica at the traditional …
read moreBenedict XVI says he is praying for an end to situations of violence, kidnapping and extortion in Colombia. The Pope affirmed this in a June 30 message, addressed to the Colombian bishops' …
read moreDisplays of preserved human bodies are drawing large numbers of spectators. For a few years now Gunthor von Hagens has been touring the world with his Body Worlds exhibitions. According to a …
read moreHere is a translation of the message Benedict XVI sent to express his condolences upon the death of Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. The …
read moreColombian Cardinal Alfonso Lòpez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, died from a respiratory infection at the Pius XI Clinic in Rome on Saturday evening. Cardinal …
read moreAn English missionary brother was killed in Kenya on Wednesday, the victim of unknown assailants. Brother Brian Thorp, 77, was slain in Lamu parish in the Archdiocese of Mombasa. The parish …
read moreBenedict XVI sent his condolences to the archbishop of Mexico City upon the death of his predecessor, Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada, who died Thursday at age 88. The telegram sent to …
read morePope John Paul II "has never left us alone," affirmed his longtime personal secretary on the third anniversary of the Pontiff's death. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, …
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