Articles on this issue "monks"
It’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 says that St. Athanasius was a best-selling author in ancient Christianity and his widely read biography of Anthony the Abbot contributed to the spread of monasticism. The Pope …
read moreAn accidental fire caused extensive damage to the largest Benedictine Monastery in Asia. There were no injuries, but all the cells were completely destroyed, forcing 70 monks to move …
read moreBy Elizabeth Lev Christmas brought crèches, big, fancy or small, And mighty green fir trees amazingly tall. New Year's changed Rome to a city of light. Feting with fireworks all through the …
read moreHere are the meditations of the Stations of the Cross at which John Paul II presided on Good Friday in the Colosseum. They were written by Father André Louf, a Belgian Trappist. * * * FIRST …
read moreAvvenire).- The Paris Tribunal has opened an investigation into the kidnapping and decapitation of seven French monks in Algeria in 1996, saying new testimony cast doubt on the official …
read moreA Catholic representative expressed his gratitude for Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein, and appealed to the United States to speed up the turning over of power to Iraqis. "No state, a …
read moreBrother Clement, a Trappist monk of Our Lady of Calvary here, was killed in a holdup March 25. The missionary was traveling in the night bus from Lagos to Enugu. The bus was attacked somewhere …
read moreThe wave of expulsions of Catholic clergymen from Russia grew with the revelation that a French monk was expelled last December. So far this year, five foreign Catholic clerics -- a bishop and …
read moreThe gunman who killed two monks at a Benedictine abbey may have harbored a grudge against the Church because of his divorce, authorities say. In the wake of the Monday attack that also left …
read moreHere is a translation of the address John Paul II delivered Saturday morning when he visited the Orthodox Monastery of St. John of Rila, considered the spiritual heart of Bulgaria. * * * …
read moreA 23-year-old Armenian monk was seriously wounded this morning in the premises of Bethlehems Basilica of the Nativity, but not in danger of death. The monk was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem …
read moreA 23-year-old Armenian monk was seriously wounded this morning in the premises of Bethlehems Basilica of the Nativity, but not in danger of death. The monk was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem …
read moreA group of armed men kidnapped six Orthodox monks in Georgia and demanded a ransom of $1 million, police in Tbilisi reported. Authorities believe the monks are being held somewhere near the …
read moreJohn Paul II urged a group of Armenian monks to take part in "frontier ecumenism" with Christians in their homeland. The Pope on Saturday received in audience monks of the Abad Mechitar …
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