Vatican II: will the debate take place?
Is this the start of a response to the Petition dated September 24, 2011, addressed to Pope Benedict XVI by more than 80 Italian Catholic intellectuals, in favor of a “more in-depth examination of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council”? Is it finally the beginning of the debate that Msgr. Brunero Gherardini, former professor of Ecclesiology [...]
Benedict XVI Visits Benin (November 18-20, 2011)
For his 22nd apostolic journey, Benedict XVI pointed out that it coincided with the 40th anninversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Benin and the Holy See, and with the 150th anniversary of the evangelisation of the country. What is more, this visit made it possible for him to fulfill his desire of making [...]
The unsupportable force
25-11-2011
Filed under From Rome, From Tradition, News, The Church in the world
The Seven Last Words of Christ by Haydn performed by a naked man before a live audience. A billboard depicting the pope kissing an imam from Cairo on the mouth. Paper currency filling the pierced side of Jesus crucified. Excrement dumped on the face of Christ. Disgusting hamburgers strewn on the ground parodying the multiplication [...]
According to Rabbi Rosen, the Society of St. Pius X’s Return Should Not Be an Obstacle to Judeo-Christian Dialogue
Rabbi David Rosen, head of inter-religious dialogue for the American Jewish Committee, claimed on November 10, 2011, that in the event of the Society of St. Pius X returning to the Catholic Church, the conciliar declaration Nostra Aetate (October 28, 1965), which is the basis of inter-religious dialogue, would not be compromised. “We have already [...]
Benedict XVI Announces a “Year of Faith” Based on Vatican Council II
On Sunday, October 16, 2011, in the conclusion of his homily at the Mass for the new evangelization, the Pope declared: “Precisely in order to give a fresh impetus to the mission of the whole Church to lead human beings out of the wilderness in which they often find themselves to the place of life, [...]
Benedict XVI encourages the new evangelization
On October 15, 2011, one year after its creation, the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization organized a congress on the topic of “The Word of God grew and multiplied” (Acts 12:24). This congress brought together 180 delegates from bishops’ conferences and ecclesial movements. The speech that opened the proceedings was made by Archbishop [...]
Europe Faced with “a Growing Sterility of Vocations”
At its meeting from November 3 to 5, 2011, in Rome, the Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations published a document entitled Pastoral Orientations for the Promotion of Vocations to the Priestly Ministry. The text presents an inventory of vocations in the world and provides some pointers to remedy the rarefaction of vocations in a Europe [...]
Commentary: Reflections on the presence of atheists in Assisi
In the October 31, 2011 issue of Correspondance européenne (European Correspondence) (No. 242), the Italian historian Roberto de Mattei, who, on January 11, 2011, had signed a petition asking Benedict XVI to “flee from the spirit of Assisi” (see No. 228 DICI 1/22/11), expressed his anxiety about the presence of atheists at the interreligious meeting [...]
Assisi 1986 – 2011: reform in continuity
On October 26, 2011, the day before the interfaith meeting in Assisi, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray in L’Osservatore Romano went back to the October 27, 1986 meeting convened by John Paul II: “Assisi made an extraordinary leap in the dialogue among religions, still in its infancy and unceasingly deepening.” For the French cardinal who was the [...]
Departure of the Founder of News Agency Zenit
The director of the Catholic agency Zenit, the Spaniard Jesús Colina, was asked to leave the news agency he founded 14 years ago. Interviewed by I. MEDIA on September 30th, the journalist mentioned a “lack of mutual trust” and a “lack of financial transparency” by the Legionaries of Christ, sponsors of Zenit.
In a letter to [...]
