Articles on this issue "encyclicals"
Benedict XVI\'s forthcoming encyclical has sparked unprecedented expectation in the media. Newspapers worldwide have reported alleged passages of the encyclical, leaked on Monday by the …
read moreBenedict XVI will publish his first encyclical in January, according to Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro Valls. Navarro Valls told the Italian news agencies ANSA and Apcom that the document, …
read moreThe fight against corruption and the improvement of education are the priorities for the development of Latin America, says a Vatican foundation. The bishops who administer the "Populorum …
read moreSome 200 projects for the poor in Latin America await approval at the annual meeting of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation, which will be held July 20-24 in Peru. The foundation, part of …
read moreThe "Populorum Progressio" Foundation has approved the funding of 222 new projects in the amount of $1.8 million. The approved projects address various aspects of the integral development of …
read moreThe pontifical "Populorum Progressio" Foundation will soon meet in Brazil to allocate $2.5 million to about 260 development projects presented by some of Latin America's poorest communities. …
read moreIn his encyclical "Veritatis Splendor," John Paul II shows a relativist world that man can know objective truth, said speakers at an international congress on moral theology. The congress, …
read moreA simplified version of John Paul II's encyclical on the Eucharist is now in print. "Letter on the Eucharist: Simplified Version," by Monsignor Vincent Walsh, takes the original 17,000-word …
read moreMANILA, Philippines, OCT. 25, 2003 ( Here is an adapted excerpt of an address by Father Jose Vidamor B. Yu given Sept. 29 at the theologians videoconference organized by the Vatican …
read morePope John XXIII's encyclical "Pacem in Terris" is as relevant as ever, a Vatican official said at a symposium at the United Nations. Archbishop Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical …
read moreThe Vatican has decided to republish Pope John XXIII's 1963 encyclical "Pacem in Terris" because of its relevance for world peace today. The introduction to the volume published by the Vatican …
read moreRecent Supreme Court decisions, the decline in public morality and an increase in rights rhetoric have prompted many legal scholars and philosophers to invoke the natural law. In his latest …
read moreThis July 25 marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most controversial Church documents in recent history, "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life). The storm of criticism caused by Pope Paul VI's …
read moreThe encyclical on birth control, "Humanae Vitae," remains as a milestone in the era after the Second Vatican Council. As the document's 35th anniversary approaches, ZENIT asked Germain Grisez, …
read moreZENIT this week presents a special analysis on the liturgical aspects outlined in John Paul II's newest encyclical, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia." Legionary Father Edward McNamara is a professor …
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