Articles on this issue "roman curia"
More than 3.2 million faithful and pilgrims attended public meetings in 2006 with Benedict XVI in the Vatican or the papal summer residence. The Prefecture of the Pontifical Household reported …
read moreCatholic universities must pay more attention in all their disciplines to the Church's social doctrine, recommended participants at an international conference convoked by the Holy See. Such …
read moreBenedict XVI praised the extraordinary possibilities opened to humanity by science, but he cautioned that technology cannot explain everything. The Pope expressed this today to members of the …
read moreBy Father John Flynn A recent Vatican document summarized some of the lessons learned about the problem of corruption. On Oct. 4 the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace published a note …
read moreRandwick Racecourse in Sydney has been chosen as the site for the key papal events of World Youth Day 2008. "We needed a site that could accommodate up to 600,000 people and get them to and …
read moreThe Holy See has just published a document on "The Fight Against Corruption," presenting the contribution the Church can make to combat this social ill. The brief study, published by the …
read moreThe renewal of a parish does not depend on beautiful pastoral plans, but on its members' encounter with Christ, especially in the Eucharist, says Benedict XVI. The Pope presented to modern-day …
read moreSports has its positive points even as it copes with the influence of "a cult of the body" that sometimes promotes the use of life-threatening drugs, says a Vatican agency. That assessment …
read moreHoly See diplomacy must act as "the leaven of the Gospel," says Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who steps down as Vatican secretary of state next week. The quotation is the title of the book that the …
read moreDefining femininity and masculinity is the task proposed by a collection of papers published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. "Men and Women: Diversity and Mutual Complementarity," …
read moreHere are the conclusions and recommendations issued by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, after its plenary assembly May 15-17, on the theme "Migration and Itinerancy from and …
read moreMondo e Missione, the monthly magazine of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, now has an international edition accessible on the Internet. The magazine aims, in part, "to make known …
read moreBenedict XVI named a bishop, seven priests and a nun as consultors for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The Vatican press office announced …
read moreHere is the address Benedict XVI delivered to the participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, held May 15 in the Clementine Hall. * * * Your …
read moreBy Catherine Smibert This year's 500th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for St. Peter's Basilica isn't just a call for celebration. It is also a chance to discover the secret why …
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