Churches back plan to unite under Pope

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February 19, 2007 Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope are to be published this year, The Times has learnt. The proposals have been agreed by senior bishops of both churches. In a 42-page statement prepared by an international commission of both…

Former PM Blair converts to Catholicism

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by Phil HazlewoodSat Dec 22, 11:51 AM ET Former British prime minister Tony Blair has become a Roman Catholic, church officials said Saturday, ending widespread speculation that he would switch to the faith of his wife and four children. But as Catholic leaders welcomed Blair into the fold, immediate questions were raised about whether the…

Catholicism now Britain’s “most popular” faith

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Sun Dec 23, 12:17 PM ET Catholics have overtaken Anglicans in church attendance in Britain, according to research published on Sunday. England officially split from Rome during the reign of Henry VIII more than 400 years ago, making Anglicanism and the Church of England dominant. But a survey by the group Christian Research published in…

Threats to traditional family threaten peace, pope says in message

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By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Anything that threatens the traditional family threatens peace, because the family “is the first and indispensable teacher of peace,” Pope Benedict XVI said. In his annual message for the Jan. 1 celebration of the World Day of Peace, the pope also said the responsibilities learned…

The Passion of the Pope

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By DAVID VAN BIEMA, Jeff Israely/Rome For the traveling Pontiff, it was not a laid-back Turkish holiday. The citizens of the proud, predominantly Muslim nation had no love of Popes. To the East, the Iranian government was galvanizing anti-Western feeling. The news reported that an escaped killer was on the loose, threatening to assassinate the…

Pope, Patriarch pledge ecumenical progress

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Istanbul, Dec. 3, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Cardinal Walter Kasper (bio – news) led a high-level Vatican delegation to Istanbul to join Patriarch Bartholomew I in celebrating the feast of St. Andrew, the patron of the Constantinople see, on November 30. Following what has become an annual tradition, the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Christian…

Pope urges unity against terrorism

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Monday December 26, 2005, 11:54 AM Pope Benedict, in his first Christmas address, on Sunday urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a “new world order” to correct economic imbalances. The Pope made his comments to tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered under umbrellas in a rainy St Peter…

Pope calls for a new world order

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VATICAN CITY (AP) –Pope John Paul II rang in the New Year on Thursday with a renewed call for peace in the Middle East and Africa and the creation of a new world order based on respect for the dignity of man and equality among nations. John Paul presided over a morning Mass inside St….

Vatican calls verbal attack on Pope “terrorism”

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By Robin Pomeroy Wed May 2, 2007 1:11pm EDT ROME (Reuters) – The Vatican’s official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of “terrorism” for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L’Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May…

Pope Benedict Coming to America

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Monday, November 12, 2007 | 4:15 PM By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer BALTIMORE – November 12, 2007 — Pope Benedict XVI will travel to the United States for the first time as pontiff next year to meet with President Bush, address the United Nations and visit ground zero, a Vatican official told American bishops…