http://www.dici.org/en Documentation  Information  Catholiques  Internationales Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:19:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the following transcription, reviewed by His Excellency Bishop Fellay, we have retained the quality of the spoken word. You can also listen to the sermon here. The Society of St. Pius X has been founded by the Church and in the Church, and we say this Society continues to exist, despite ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/extract-from-the-sermon-of-bishop-bernard-fellay-superior-general-of-the-sspx-for-the-feast-of-candlemas-february-2nd/ The Swiss Institute of Pastoral Sociology just published a study entitled: Diocesan Priests in Switzerland: Prognoses, Interpretations, Perspectives (ed. SPI).  In answer to an ever more insistent worry – the evolution of the number of diocesan priests – the Institute proposed “a prognosis and statistical projections for 2029” for the ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/switzerland-diocesan-priests-on-an-inexorable-decline/ [caption id="attachment_22965" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)."][/caption] 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 ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/publication-of-pastoral-guidelines-for-the-year-of-faith/ During a conference entitled “Magisterium or living tradition” given on January 25, 2012, in Sion (Switzerland), Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of ecclesiology at the Seminary in Ecône, made several clarifications with respect to his study, “A Crucial Question” that appeared in the December 2011 issue of the Courrier de Rome, ... http://www.dici.org/en/documents/exclusive-magisterium-or-living-tradition-fr-gleize-denounces-a-false-dilemma/ [caption id="attachment_23001" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cardinal Anthony Olobunmi Okogie."][/caption] In an interview published on the website Vatican Insider on January 8, 2012, the archbishop of Lagos recalled the series of attacks that struck Nigeria at Christmas and in the beginning of January. (see DICI#248).  For Cardinal Anthony Olobunmi Okogie, this is not ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/nigeria-dialogue-to-fight-against-terrorism/ [caption id="attachment_22998" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Laurette Onkelinx."][/caption] According to the Socialist Belgian Vice Prime Minister, “the Catholics of Belgium deserve better” than Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard, archbishop of Malines-Brussels.  In an interview broadcasted on RTL-TVI on January 8, Laurette Onkelinx openly claimed: “the believers of our country deserve to have another representative,” adding ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/belgium-the-vice-prime-minister-lashes-out-at-archbishop-leonard/ Construction for the future Russian Orthodox cathedral in Paris should begin in 2012.  The costs will be covered by the Russian State.  The edifice, which will be built on the grounds where Météo France used to be, in the 7th Arrondissement in Paris, will also include a cultural center.  The ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/france-coming-soon-an-orthodox-cathedral-in-paris/ [caption id="attachment_22991" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cardinal Jaime Ortega. "][/caption] Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega has confirmed that Raul Castro’s government did indeed release close to 2,900 prisoners in an amnesty decreed in view of Benedict XVI’s next visit to the island.  “Almost all of them were able to spend the Christmas holidays at ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/cuba-2900-prisoners-freed-in-honor-of-benedict-xvis-visit/ Benedict XVI received the participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) on January 27 at the Vatican.  On that occasion its president, Cardinal William Joseph Levada, noted that the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, in close collaboration with his dicastery, “is accomplishing an ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/society-of-saint-pius-x-bishop-fellay%e2%80%99s-response-to-cardinal-levada-being-studied-in-rome/ The Salafis, who carried off between 24 and 25% of the votes in the legislative elections on November 28, are now “drawing up an Islamic State” in Egypt.  According to a long inquest published by the newspaper Egypt Independent and republished by the online information site, Slate Afrique, on January ... http://www.dici.org/en/news/egypt-salafis-draw-up-the-outline-of-an-islamic-state/