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Pope: Persevere in Fight for Life
February 27-March 4, 2000 Issue 
VATICAN CITY—War is not inevitable, and neither are legalized abortion and euthanasia, Pope John Paul II said.
Catholics must never accept defeat in the struggle to protect life from the moment of conception to natural death, the Pope said Feb. 14 at a Vatican conference marking the fifth... READ MORE
England’s ‘Favorite’ Bishop Replaces Hume
BY Paul Burnell
February 27-March 4, 2000 Issue
LONDON—Pope John Paul II has appointed Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor as archbishop of Westminster and primate of the English Church.
The Feb. 15 appointment ended months of speculation following the death of Cardinal Hume in June.
The new primate has served 23 years as bishop of Arundel and... READ MORE
Vatican Clarifies Status of Communist-era Czech Priests
February 27-March 4, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The Vatican said clandestinely ordained priests and bishops in the Czech Republic who have failed to reconcile with Church authorities are forbidden from celebrating Mass and the sacraments.
After several years of Vatican efforts to regularize those secretly ordained under communism —... READ MORE
Catholic Population Up, Number of Priests Rises
February 20-26, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The number of Catholics in the world reached 1.045 billion, about 17.4% of the global population, the Vatican reported.
The statistics, from 1998, were included in an updated pontifical yearbook presented to Pope John Paul II on Feb. 5.
The number of Catholics represented a new high,... READ MORE
Beatification Dates Set for Great Jubilee
February 20-26, 2000 Issue
The Vatican has announced the dates and groupings of Christians who will be beatified during the Great Jubilee. A total of 59 will take the next step towards canonization at three separate ceremonies.
Date: March 5
New Blessed: Sister Maria Stella Mardosewicz and 10 other Holy Family sisters killed... READ MORE
Solemn Maronite Liturgy for Jubilee Highlights Church’s Diversity
BY Raymond J DeSouza
February 20-26, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The Jubilee of the Maronite Church offered something not often heard at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome: a solemn liturgy in Arabic and Syriac.
“Syriac is the living language closest to the Aramaic that Jesus himself would have spoken,” said John Paul Kimes, a Maronite deacon... READ MORE
Vatican Museums Open New Door, Itself a Work of Art
February 20-26, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—After opening the Holy Doors of Rome's four major basilicas, Pope John Paul II opened his fifth door of the Great Jubilee: the new entrance to the Vatican Museums.
At a Feb. 7 ceremony, the Pope pushed open the museums' new bronze door to inaugurate the revamped space.
Praising the... READ MORE
At Jubilee for Consecrated Life, Pope Stresses Benefits of Vows
February 13-19, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—Religious men and women gain more than they lose when they take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, Pope John Paul II said.
“Far from being a renunciation which impoverishes, [the vows] constitute a choice which frees the person for a fuller realization of his potentialities,” he... READ MORE
Theologians Complete Document On Church’s ‘Sins of the Past’
February 13-19, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—International theologians have completed their document on the Church's “sins of the past.”
The fruit of three years of work by the Vatican's International Theological Commission, the approximately 50-page document was expected to be released by late this month, in time for a Lenten... READ MORE
Media Watch
February 13-19, 2000 Issue
Talk of Papal Resignation ‘Should Be Silenced’
L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO, Feb. 2—A high-ranking Vatican official called for an end to the debate on papal resignation in the pages of the Vatican newspaper.
Archbishop Agostino Marchetto of the Vatican Secretariat of State wrote, “all this buzz on the... READ MORE
Suffering Is Source of Jubilee Indulgence
February 13-19, 2000 Issue
VATICAN CITY—Convinced that “medicine is a ministry,” Church officials say health care and the sick has become m a rapidly growing area of pastoral activity in recent decades.
“Suffering is the Jubilee. It is the source of indulgence,” said Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragán, president of hte... READ MORE
Papal Plea for Families With Disabled Children
December 19-25, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The difficulties faced by families with disabled children must be shared by civil society and the Church, Pope John Paul II said.
Though family love for disabled children is indispensable, care for disabled children also requires wider community participation, he said.
“When children... READ MORE
Notes & Quotes
December 19-25, 1999 Issue
John XXIII's Beatification Looks Certain
FAMIGLIA CRISTIANA, Dec. 3—Pope John XXIII's beatification will take place next Sept. 3, said Italy's top-selling weekly magazine in a cover story on the “good pope.”
Pope John Paul's calendar for the Holy Year 2000 includes a beatification ceremony Sept. 3... READ MORE
JPII Says Panama Must Use Canal to Help Poor
December 19-25, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—Panama must use its recovered control over the Panama Canal and its income to benefit its poorest citizens, Pope John Paul II said.
The Dec. 31 return of the canal will have “great juridical, practical, economic and political consequences,” the Pope said Dec. 4 in a speech to Panama's... READ MORE
Eucharist Is Key to Mystical Life, Say Vatican Conference Speakers
December 19-25, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—Holy men and women throughout the ages have received Christ in the Eucharist and have allowed him to permeate their lives, said speakers at a Vatican conference.
“The attachment to and love for Jesus Christ present in the Eucharist” is common to many of the men and women proclaimed... READ MORE
European Union President Defends Vatican Influence
December 12-18, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The Church's contributions on the world stage are valuable and should be encouraged, the Protestant president of Finland said after a private audience Nov. 23 with Pope John Paul II.
Finland's Martti Ahtisaari, who is also currently serving as the president of the European Union,... READ MORE
Pope to Orthodox: Catholics Are Committed to Unity
December 12-18, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The Catholic Church is committed to doing everything possible to promote Christian unity, Pope John Paul II told the world's Orthodox Christians in two recent messages.
“The Catholic Church is prepared to do everything possible to remove the obstacles, to support the dialogue and to... READ MORE
Notes & Quotes
December 12-18, 1999 Issue
Priest Hopeful for Orthodox Reunification
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST, Nov.—In an essay on the history of the division between Orthodox and Catholics, Maronite Chorbishop John Faris closed with this hopeful reflection on the future of ecumenism:
“Hopefully, just as the Orthodox and Catholic churches one day... READ MORE
Catholic and Jewish Scholars Will Study Vatican Archives
December 12-18, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—Six scholars (three Catholic and three Jewish) have been selected to conduct a joint review of Vatican documents from the World War II era to examine the Church's role during the Holocaust, the Vatican announced.
The team was expected to study 11 volumes of published Vatican archival... READ MORE
Vatican Unveils the New Lighting For St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
December 12-18, 1999 Issue
VATICAN CITY—The exterior lighting of St. Peter's Basilica will be totally revamped for the Jubilee Year using the latest technologies, said Vatican officials and lighting engineers.
The Vatican entrusted the $1.1 million project to an Italian utilities company, known by its Italian acronym ACEA,... READ MORE
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