Articles on this issue "death"
Benedict XVI's secretary of state called the life of the founder of the Focolare Movement a "song to the love of God." That's how Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone defined the life of Chiara Lubich at …
read moreBenedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to the leader of the Church in Iraq, expressing his condolences at the death of the archbishop of Mosul, who was kidnapped Feb. 29. In the telegram …
read moreBenedict XVI called Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, the retired archbishop of Tamale, Ghana, who died Thursday, a "devoted pastor" who left behind a "shining legacy of prayer." The Pope said this …
read moreEven in societies marked by great scientific and technological progress, Christians still face the challenge of death and dying well, says Father Federico Lombardi. The director of the Vatican …
read moreWhile brain death has been accepted as death legally, from an ethical and ecclesial perspective, the debate is still open, says Professor Roberto de Mattei. De Mattei affirmed this Wednesday …
read moreThe moment to accept death is during the fullness of life, even in youth and adolescence, said the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Bishop Elio Sgreccia affirmed this in his …
read moreEduardo Bonnin, founder of the Catholic lay Cursillo movement, died Wednesday at age 90. A note on the movement's Web site asked for prayers for the founder, who was born May 4, 1917. "Dear …
read moreBishop Mattia Chen Xilu of Kinghsien, China, died at age 79, after six years in a coma. L'Osservatore Romano confirmed the Jan. 16 death of the prelate. He had been in a coma due to suffering …
read moreThe Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed is the occasion for an existential reflection on death. In Scripture we read this solemn declaration: "For God made not death, neither does he …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's Aug. 12 address before praying the Angelus at Castel Gandolfo. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Liturgy on this 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time …
read moreBishop Thomas Wenski has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to stay the deportation of a Bangladeshi man who faces almost certain death if returned to his native country. The …
read moreIf the Holy See intervenes to ask that a close collaborator of Saddam Hussein's be spared the death penalty, it wouldn't be without precedent, said a Vatican aide. Tariq Aziz, 70, Iraq's …
read moreThe Holy See in a statement labeled the practice of capital punishment "an affront to human dignity." The statement was issued on the occasion of the world congress on the death penalty held …
read moreIn the wake of the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Vatican said that it is opposed to the death penalty. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press …
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