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Vacation 2008: Holy Father’s Back in Brixen
BY EDWARD PENTIN
July 20-26, 2008 Issue 
“I’m very much looking forward to my vacation in
Brixen,” said Pope Benedict XVI, smiling broadly. The Pope was speaking in June
to a visitor from northern Italy, looking ahead to his summer break in the town
in northeastern Italy.
In
many ways, his July 28-Aug. 11 vacation will be a... READ MORE
St. Paul the Apostle
Devotion to Christ and Openness to Mankind
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience July 2, 2008
During
his general audience on July 2, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was
beginning a new series of catecheses devoted to St. Paul at the beginning of a
special Pauline Year within the Catholic Church that is dedicated to St. Paul
and his teachings.
Dear... READ MORE
‘Incredible Arrogance’
BY EDWARD PENTIN Society of St. Pius X Rejects Vatican Overture to Reconciliation
July 13-19, 2008 Issue
The Society
of Saint Pius X, the traditionalist group opposed to the reforms of the Second
Vatican Council, has said it cannot comply with a Vatican letter on returning
to the Church.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the
SSPX, said there must be an agreement on doctrinal differences before any
accord... READ MORE
Maximus the Confessor
A Fearless Witness of Faith in Christ
July 6-12, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience June 25, 2006
During
his general audience on June 25, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about St. Maximus the
Confessor, a defender of the Church’s faith and Christ’s human nature amid the
bitter theological debates of the seventh century. The salvation of man, and
indeed the... READ MORE
St. Isidore of Seville
A Life of Action And Contemplation
June 29 - July 5, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience June 18, 2008
Pope
Benedict XVI spoke about St. Isidore of Seville (560-636) during his general
audience on June 18. Torn between his devotion to study and contemplation and
the demands of his office as bishop, he found his model in Christ, in whom he
saw a fusion of both... READ MORE
Confession’s Champion
BY EDWARD PENTIN American Cardinal Helps Sinners Find Forgiveness
June 29 - July 5, 2008 Issue
Cardinal J.
Francis Stafford helps Catholics around the world to deal with troubled
consciences.
Cardinal Stafford, the former
archbishop of Denver, has served since 2003 as the head of the Apostolic
Penitentiary, the Vatican office that is responsible for issues related to
confession and penance.... READ MORE
St. Columban Nurtured
Europe’s Christian Roots
June 22-28, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience June 11, 2008
During
his general audience on June 11, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about St. Columban
(543-615), one of the many Irish monks who contributed to the re-evangelization
of Europe in the early Middle Ages. He left behind a body of writings that
shaped the monastic... READ MORE
Britain’s Barrenness
BY EDWARD PENTIN Vatican Rejects Country’s Passage of Anti-Life Legislative Package
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
The last week
of May was a tragic time for the unborn in Britain. After two days of debate,
British parliamentarians voted in favor of a raft of anti-life and anti-family
legislation that included allowing creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.
Register Correspondent Edward Pentin
spoke May 26... READ MORE
Gregory the Great
Humility Is the Measure of Greatness
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience June 4, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI continued his
series of teachings on the Fathers of the Church during his general audience on
June 4.
Dear brothers and sisters,
During today’s gathering, I would
like to return to that extraordinary figure, Pope Gregory the Great, in... READ MORE
St. Gregory the Great
A Man of God at the Service of Others
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience May 28, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI continued his
series of teachings on the Fathers of the Church during his general audience on
May 28. He spoke about Pope St. Gregory the Great, scion of a patrician family,
who distinguished himself as a civil servant before embracing the... READ MORE
Benedict and the Muslim Scholars
BY EDWARD PENTIN Forging a Dialogue Based in Truth
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
As a leading
participant in the newly formed Catholic-Muslim Forum — a structure initiated
by Muslim scholars — Jesuit Father Christian Troll is at the center of the
Church’s dialogue with Muslims.
Father
Troll, who is honorary professor of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at... READ MORE
Romanus the Melodist
Faith Creates Beauty
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on the Fathers of the Church
during his general audience on May 21. He spoke about Romanus the Melodist, a
priest in Constantinople, whose preaching took the form of metric hymns in
chant.
Dear
brothers and sisters,
As
part of this series of... READ MORE
Anglicans’ Identity Crisis
BY EDWARD PENTIN Time to Choose, Vatican Tells Communion
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
As the Anglican Communion
prepares for its decennial Lambeth Conference in July, the Vatican is viewing
the meeting as a crucial moment for Catholic-Anglican dialogue.
At issue is the ordination by Anglicans of women
and homosexuals as bishops, something that Rome has warned will permanently
injure... READ MORE
Dionysius the Areopagite On Mediation and Dialogue
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
During his general audience on May 14, Pope Benedict XVI
resumed his series of teachings on the Fathers of the Church. He spoke about
Dionysius the Areopagite, a theologian from the sixth century who strove to
present knowledge of God that surpasses rational understanding and culminates
in... READ MORE
Mozart, China and BenedictChina is different.
BY FATHER ALFONSO AGUILAR, LC
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
China is different.
The Chinese languages, like Mandarin, and the Western
languages, like English, are very different in grammar, pronunciation and
writing. The history and culture of China and the West are also worlds apart.
Western civilization is built upon the Christian faith and values,... READ MORE
The Church Lives a Perennial Pentecost
General Audience, Wednesday, May 7, 2008
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
Pope Benedict XVI met with 20,000 people in St. Peter’s
Square during his general audience on May 7. His Holiness Karekin II, supreme
patriarch and catholicos of All Armenians who was in Rome to visit the Holy
Father, was present at the audience. The Pope addressed words of greeting to
him prior... READ MORE
Beatification Imminent?
BY EDWARD PENTIN American’s Miraculous Cure Advances Cardinal Newman’s Cause
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
Cardinal John Henry Newman’s beatification cause is moving
ahead swiftly after doctors were unable to explain the cure of a Massachusetts
deacon who prayed to the 19th-century cardinal.
According to the Rome postulator of the Cardinal Newman
cause, a consulta medica (team of doctors) gave a... READ MORE
Benedict’s Hope for America
Pope Reflects on His Historic Visit
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Weekly General Audience April 30, 2008
During his general audience on April 30, Pope Benedict XVI
spoke about his recent trip to the United States and to the United Nations.
Inspired by the theme “Christ Our Hope,” the purpose of his visit, the Holy
Father said, was to encourage the Catholic... READ MORE
My Brother, the Pope
BY ROBERT RAUHUT
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Msgr. Georg Ratzinger has the rarest of distinctions: His
younger brother, Joseph, is the Pope. In the second part of his exclusive
interview with the Register, Msgr. Ratzinger — the former director of the
world-famous Regensburger Domspatzen choir — discusses his life as a priest,
his passion... READ MORE
The Death of a Fighter
BY EDWARD PENTIN Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo Remembered for His Pro-Life Work
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
VATICAN CITY — “How can we not thank him for the courage
with which he defended the non-negotiable values of human life?” Pope Benedict
XVI said last week in eulogizing Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo.
In his homily at the cardinal’s April 23 funeral Mass in St.
Peter’s Basilica, the... READ MORE
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