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176 States Have Envoys to Holy See

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7-January-2008 — ZENIT.org News Agency VATICAN CITY, JAN. 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See seeks to promote a sense of common belonging to the human family through the diplomatic relations it maintains with 176 countries, Benedict XVI says. The Pope affirmed this today when he addressed the ambassadors for a traditional New Year’s greeting. In…

Catholics play vital role in helping migrants to U.S

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By Robin Emmott Fri Jan 11, 9:53 AM ET At a Catholic-run shelter just across the border from Laredo, Texas, dozens of Latin American migrants say grace and tuck into a hearty meal of sausages, beans and rice, before trying to swim across the Rio Grande into the United States. Weary migrants on their journey…

Pope Benedict XVI Addresses Latin American Bishops in Brazil

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APARECIDA, Brazil —  Pope Benedict XVI blamed Marxism and unbridled capitalism for Latin America’s problems on Sunday, and urged bishops to mold a new generation of Roman Catholic leaders in politics to reverse the church’s declining influence in the region. Ending a five-day trip to the church’s biggest stronghold on the planet, Benedict also warned that…

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…