Gaza Comments Criticized
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:18 AM
A Palestinian woman surveys her damaged house after an Israeli airstrike Jan. 1 in Gaza. (CNS/Reuters)
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, today lamented the plight of those living in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
“Defenseless populations are always the ones who pay,” Cardinal Martino said in comments made to the Italian website Il Sussidiario, BBC reported. “Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more, it resembles a big concentration... READ MORE
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Next Encyclical Coming Soon
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 4:40 PM
The Pope signs his second encyclical, Spe Salvi. (AFP)
A senior Vatican official said today that Pope Benedict XVI’s next encyclical could be released in the near future.
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, confirmed that the Pope has nearly completed his long-awaited social encyclical and hopes to publish it before the end of the year.
Cardinal Martino was speaking at a press conference at the... READ MORE
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