Articles on this issue "soul"
Here is the Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear Brothers and …
read moreThose who believe in Christ and live like him "are freed from the fear of death," says Benedict XVI. "The authentic death, which one must fear, is that of the soul," that is, when mortal sin …
read moreBenedict XVI said he would pray at the tomb of Pope John Paul II on All Souls Day. Popes traditionally visit the tombs of past pontiffs the day after All Saints Day. \"Tomorrow afternoon I …
read moreHere is the text of an address delivered by Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Pontifical Academy of Life, at the international congress "Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative …
read moreAre the new frontiers of neuroscience and artificial intelligence doing away with notions of the soul? Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope's vicar for Rome and president of the Italian episcopal …
read moreHere is a translation of the address John Paul II gave today, All Souls Day, before praying the Angelus with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. After …
read moreJohn Paul II reminded the faithful on All Souls' Day that it is a duty to pray for the dead, and he prayed in particular for "the most forgotten." In a frail voice, at times difficult to …
read moreThe Catholic Church in Ireland didn't need to worry about promoting vocations to the priesthood in the past. But now the local Church is determined to plan for a future full of hope -- which …
read moreThe crisis in religious practice in Europe is singular in relation to other continents, says a sociologist. Grace Davie, president of the Sociology of Religion Committee of the International …
read moreCardinal Paul Poupard thinks the best way the West could commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is by reviewing its own values. Speaking on Vatican Radio, the French cardinal said it is …
read moreDutch Cardinal Adrianus Simonis sees the assassination of extreme-right politician Pim Fortuyn as a symptom of a deep problem within the Netherlands. "The individualist soul of my country has …
read moreThe 10th Symposium of European Bishops concluded that it is crucial to oppose tendencies that hope to "forget or, worse yet, cut the roots with European civilizations past." The meeting, on …
read moreOne of the most important steps for Mother Teresas beatification could be concluded by Easter, a priest working on the cause revealed. Father Michael Van der Peet sent a letter to the Priests …
read moreA new humanism is needed to give technological progress a soul, says Archbishop John P. Foley. The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications delivered that message at the …
read moreThe process of European integration needs a soul, Focolare Movement founder Chiara Lubich told the Conference of European Mayors. "At the roots of Europe there is sanctity, not only the Europe …
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