Articles on this issue "Pontifical Council for Culture"

Pope: Church Needs Creativity to Reach Digital Age

Says Society Is Often Indifferent to Messages of Faith

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Pope's Address to Members of Culture Council

"A Christian Life Lived to the Full Speaks For Itself"

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Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered Saturday upon receiving in audience participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council of Culture, which took place last week in Rome. * …

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Christianity Seen Through Internet, TV, Film

Culture Council Discusses "Turning Point" of Digital Age

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The Pontifical Council for Culture launched its plenary assembly this year in an unusual fashion: by holding its inaugural session in public, in a hall on the famous Capitoline Hill in …

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New Volume Presented of Ratzinger's Complete Works

Pontifical Council for Culture Prepares Plenary Assembly

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The 12th volume of the collected works of Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Benedict XVI, was presented in the Vatican. On Wednesday the Vatican press office hosted a meeting with journalists …

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Pope Wants to Dialogue With Atheists, Says Prelate

Holy See Is Rigorously Dealing With Pedophile Priests

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Benedict XVI is working to further the dialogue between faith and reason, and thus is conversing with atheist thinkers and artists, said the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture. …

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Relativism, Cultural Leveling Seen as Double Danger

Holy See Addresses 6th Islamic Congress of Culture Ministers

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Relativism might enable diverse cultures to coexist, but it undercuts dialogue. On the other hand, cultural leveling eliminates the differences that make a people unique. A delegation from the …

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Faith and Science: Prelate Defends Dual Outlook

Culture Council President Suggests Avoiding Extremes

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The president of the Pontifical Council for Culture says there are two extremes to be avoided in a faith-science debate: excluding reason altogether or asserting there is nothing but reason. …

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Papal Message on Cultural and Religious Dialogue

"Address the Great Challenges That Mark the Post-Modern Age"

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Here is a translation of the message Benedict XVI sent to the presidents of the pontifical councils for interreligious dialogue and culture on the occasion of the Dec. 4 study day on "Cultures …

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Pope Says True Beauty Linked to Truth

Cautions Against Valuing Mere Appearances

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The search for beauty without truth and goodness can drive young people to fly toward artificial paradises that simply hide interior emptiness, says Benedict XVI. The Pope affirmed this in a …

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Prelate Says Pius XII a Music and Sports Fan

Points to Elements of Culture Promoted by Pontiff

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Pope Pius XII was a model of Catholic culture and two elements that he promoted were music and sports, says a Vatican official. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical …

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Survey Shows Room to Grow in Bible Interest

Interview With President of Culture Council

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There is renewed interest in sacred Scripture, but still a long way to go in promoting it, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi affirmed this …

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Vatican Speaks Up on Road Rage

Document Addresses Facets of Ministry to Travelers

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Negligence on the road results annually in 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries, a grim statistic that a Vatican official noted as he presented the "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of …

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John Paul II Plans to Continue Traveling

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John Paul II's visit to Switzerland this past weekend proved his capacity to continue to travel despite his physical limitations. Now it is expected that the Pope's next trip (Aug. 14-15) will …

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Will John Paul II Still Travel? It's Up to Him, Says Aide

Navarro-Valls Thinks That People Accept Pope's Physical Limitations

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Whether John Paul II continues to travel abroad will be for him alone to decide, a Vatican spokesman said in the face of renewed speculation over the Pope's health. The Holy Father had arrived …

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John Paul II Tells Why He's Traveled So Much

"I Heard the Echo of Jesus' Command: 'Go Into All the World'"

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John Paul II says his propensity for travel began with an inspiration he felt at the very start of his almost 25-year pontificate. "Right from the day I was elected as Bishop of Rome, Oct. 16, …

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