Publication of pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) published on January 7, 2012, the pastoral guidelines to be followed at the global, national, diocesan and local level during the Year of Faith (October 11, 2012 – November 24, 2013). According to the wishes of Benedict XVI, the Year of Faith will celebrate the 50th [...]
Benedict XVI will create 22 new cardinals
During the Angelus on January 6, 2012, Benedict XVI announced that he will convene a consistory on February 18th during which he will elevate twenty-two new members to the College of Cardinals, of whom eighteen will become new cardinal electors. This fourth consistory of his pontificate will bring the number of members of the Sacred [...]
Official recognition of the liturgical practices of the Neocatechumenal Way
On January 20, 2012, the Vatican announced that they have validated the non-liturgical celebrations of the Neocatechumenal Way, “that are not already regulated by the liturgical books of the Church.” Shortly before, during an audience given by Benedict XVI to 7,000 members of the Way, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Bishop [...]
The wager of the Year of Faith
3-02-2012
Filed under From Rome, News, The Church in the world
Everyone knows Pascal’s wager; the Year of Faith which is to run from October 11, 2012, to November 24, 2013, gives the impression that it, too, is based on a wager.
The pastoral guidelines that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has just published show that this year should be considered the occasion to [...]
Le Courrier à Rome [“Mail to Rome”]
13-01-2012
Filed under From Rome, News, The Church in the world
Many are wondering about the contents of the letter addressed in early December to Rome by Bishop Bernard Fellay in response to the Doctrinal Preamble delivered to him by Cardinal William Levada last September 14. We are in a position to report that one of the components that make up this response is the cogently [...]
The last general audience of 2011 dedicated to the Holy Family
During his general audience on December 28, 2011, Benedict XVI dedicated his weekly catechesis to the theme of the Holy Family in Nazareth. The pope recalled the importance of praying together in the family, after the example of the family made up of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, “icon of the domestic Church”.
“The family is… the [...]
Benedict XVI Blessed the Santons Made by Roman Children
On Sunday, December 11, 2011, during the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI blessed several thousand santons representing the Child Jesus made by the children of Rome. “The liturgy of this Sunday, known as ‘Gaudete’ Sunday, is a special invitation to us to joyfulness, to a vigilance that is not sad but happy. True [...]
Benedict XVI will travel to Mexico and Cuba
It was officially announced on December 12, 2011 in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of Latin America, that the Pope will travel to Mexico and Cuba before Easter. The pontiff said he wants to proclaim the Word of Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean in this “propitious [...]
A portrait of the Curé of Ars in St. Peter’s Basilica
At the General Audience of November 30, 2011 in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received a portrait of the Holy Curé of Ars (1786-1859). Presented by the Most Reverend Guy Bagnard, Bishop of Belley-Ars, the painting of the patron saint of parish priests was blessed by Pope Benedict XVI. The pope had previously quoted St. Jean [...]
The Vatican in French on YouTube
On December 7, 2011, the Vatican launched the French version of its video channel on YouTube, the platform for online video (www.youtube.com/vaticanfr). The Francophone “videonews” are produced in collaboration with KTO the French Catholic channel. This version completes the already existing presentations in Italian, English, German and Spanish. In a statement released on the same [...]
