Pope to Visit Fatima
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 25, 2009 11:38 AM
According to Rome Reports, Pope Benedict XVI will visit Fatima next year.
The Pope’s visit in May to the Portuguese shrine is likely to take place on May 13, 2010 — the 93rd anniversary of the Virgin Mary’s first appearance to three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco.
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Pope to Visit Britain in 2010?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:30 AM
The Times of London reported today:
Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Britain next year in the first ever official visit by a pontiff.
The Holy See will announce soon the first papal visit to Britain since Pope John Paul II made a pastoral visit in 1982.
The historic event will overshadow even the triumphant visit of Pope John Paul II, which almost did not take place at all because of the... READ MORE
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Vatican: Pope Didn’t Know About Williamson’s Comments
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:03 AM
SSPX Bishop Richard Williamson (CNS/Reuters)
The Vatican’s press office spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, has responded to allegations by a Swedish television channel that the Vatican knew of Bishop Richard Williamson’s Holocaust-denying comments to the channel before the excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X bishop was lifted in January.
Although he didn’t address how much knowledge Vatican officials had prior to the... READ MORE
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More on Catholic-Orthodox Unity
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:10 PM
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
Zenit yesterday published a pair of articles that provide corroboration of Daily Blog entries posted last week by Edward Pentin here and here, indicating progress on the road to unity between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
One of the Zenit articles is an analysis by Robert Moynihan of Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion’s visit to Rome. Moynihan highlights the significance of the meeting that... READ MORE
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Pope to Visit Malta
Posted by Edward Pentin
Monday, September 14, 2009 2:43 PM
A lighted cross stands at the edge of the Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta in March 2007. (CNS)
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make an apostolic visit to Malta next April to commemorate 1,950 years since St. Paul’s shipwreck there, according to a press release issued by Malta’s bishops on Saturday.
The visit would be the third papal trip to the Mediterranean island nation, after Pope John Paul II’s visits in 1990 and 2001.
St. Paul was shipwrecked in the archipelago in the year 60,... READ MORE
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Part II of 'Jesus of Nazareth' Coming Next Spring
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 11, 2009 1:13 PM
As this Rome Reports video discusses, Pope Benedict XVI will publish the second part of his book “Jesus of Nazareth” in early 2010.
The first installment of “Jesus of Nazareth” was published in 2007. Register subscribers can access Father Raymond de Souza’s superb, six-part series analyzing the book’s contents through our website.
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One Busy Holy Father
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:41 PM
Benedict greets the crowd during his Aug. 23 Angelus prayer in Castel Gandolfo. (CNS/Reuters)
So you think you’d like to be pope?
You might be a lot less enthusiastic about the idea after perusing this synopsis, published today by Vatican News Service, of the activities undertaken by 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI during the “slow” summer month of August:
ACTIVITIES OF POPE BENEDICT XVI IN AUGUST
VATICAN CITY, 1 SEP 2009 (VIS) - Following is a list of Pope Benedict’s activities... READ MORE
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