Interview with Sten Sandmark

On July 30, 2006, Sten Sandmark, a Swedish Lutheran pastor, abjured Protestantism in the church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet, in Paris (France).
Ordained priest after 4 years of seminary studies in Zaitzkofen, he celebrated, on Sunday, August 15, in the same church, his firts solemn mass.

You can also watch the movie here.

Mission Rosa Mystica In the Philippines (7) : We came to heal souls…

Dear friendly readers,
We have come to the end of the 4th Rosa Mystica mission in the Philippines. Throughout our articles you were able to follow the work that has been done over the past ten days. The figures speak for themselves: 5.778 patients came to see us among whom 63 had x-rays, 94 had small [...]

An Actor Playing the Protestant Reformer John Knox to Greet the Pope

An actor playing John Knox (1514–1572), one of the chief 16th-century Scottish Protestant reformers, will head a special parade through Edinburgh, next 16 September. Organized by the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland itself, the event will mark the beginning of the four-day papal journey in Great Britain. The day coincides with the feast of St. [...]

Benedict XVI writes his third and last volume on Jesus of Nazareth

Settled in Castel Gandolfo, his summer residence, Benedict XVI “has started to prepare the third volume of his great work about Jesus”. Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the Press Office of the Holy See, noted that it would deal with the “childhood Gospels”. The publication of the second volume, dedicated to the Passion and Resurrection [...]

Benedict XVI will make a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela

In this holy Year of Compostela I myself hope to join, in November, the numerous pilgrims along the road that will take me also to Barcelona. Let us follow the path of our life, following in the footsteps of the Apostle, ceaselessly giving witness to our faith, hope, and charity,” the pope declared at the [...]

Vatican City puts Euros into circulation

For the first time since the transition to the Euro in January 2002, the Vatican City State has put into circulation currency that until recently was reserved for collectors, the news agency I.Media reported. In fact, on December 17, 2009, a monetary convention was signed in Brussels between the Vatican City State and the European [...]

Mission Rosa Mystica In the Philippines (6) : A visit to aborigines in Zambales

A group of volunteers led by Father Castel and doctor Kim from South Korea, visited an aborigine tribe in Zambales , near Subic Bay in the northern part of the Philippine islands. After getting up at the break of dawn, driving more than six hours and climbing a hill, we at last reached our destination.

We [...]

Spain: The Bishops Speak Out Against the Abortion Law

On July 5th, the law liberalizing abortion came into effect in Spain. This new law allows women to obtain an abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy without limitation and up to 22 weeks in cases of risk to the health of the mother or of serious abnormalities of the foetus. Girls under the [...]

United Kingdom : What is the programme for the papal visit?

On 16 September, the first day of his journey, the Pope will go to the Palace of Holyrood House in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he will be received by Her Majesty the Queen, and also head of the Church of England. After this unprecedented meeting, Benedict  XVI will travel to Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, forty-five miles [...]

United Kingdom : Tensions surrounding the visit of Benedict XVI

Twenty-eight years after John Paul II, the Vatican has officially announced a trip by the Supreme Pontiff to Great Britain on September 16-19, 2010.  This first visit of Benedict XVI to Anglican territory will be only the second by a pope since the Reformation in the sixteenth century.
In this land with a strong anti-papist tradition, [...]

Next Page »