Violence Turning Holy Places into Museum Stones, Says Franciscan

Recalls Warning of Paul VI

December 17, 2001 | 172 hits

Violence is turning the religious sites of the Holy Land into museum stones, the Franciscan Custody warned. Franciscan Father Giovanni Battistelli spoke to ZENIT following the one-day summit …

Berlin Jewish Museum Embraces a Document from Vatican

September 10, 2001 | 204 hits

The Vatican has loaned a fourth-century document to the Berlin Jewish Museum, proof of the presence of Jews in the ancient lands that became Germany. The museum, which was inaugurated Sunday, …

Bush´s Address at Dedication of John Paul II Center

"His Is Not the Power of Armies or Technology or Wealth"

March 23, 2001 | 204 hits

Here is the text of the address by U.S. President George W. Bush at the dedication ceremony Thursday of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in the American capital. * * * THE PRESIDENT: Your …

Where Spirituality Meets High-Tech Fun

John Paul II Center in D.C. Has Missionary Purpose

March 23, 2001 | 174 hits

At a limestone-and-glass edifice with a winglike roof and a 75-foot-high gilded cross, visitors can touch a bronze cast of the Popes hand and look at art treasures from the Vatican, the …

Mayor Has No Stomach for Exhibit´s "Last Supper"

February 16, 2001 | 210 hits

The Brooklyn Museum exhibit featuring a nude black woman as Jesus at the Last Supper came under attack by the citys mayor, who called it "disgusting" and "anti-Catholic." The exhibit, entitled …