Vatican Bioethics Document
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, December 01, 2008 1:08 PM
“It’s what you’d expect, mostly a reiteration. We’re happy with it, but of course the world’s going to hate it.”
That’s what a Vatican official told Register correspondent Edward Pentin about the new Vatican instruction on bioethics that will be released Dec. 12.
The Vatican official was predicting the likely reaction of much of the secular world to the upcoming document from... READ MORE
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Trial Lawyers Target Vatican
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:31 AM
Here’s some potentially ominous news for the financial health of the Church.
A Kentucky appeals court has ruled that a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Vatican can continue, Associated Press reported yesterday.
In so doing, the court broke with legal precedent that holds that sovereign states such as the Holy See are immune from these kinds of lawsuits.
The decision by the 6th Appeals Court... READ MORE
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China Grounds Bishops
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 03, 2008 7:57 AM
St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, China. (CNS)
The Chinese government won’t allow Catholic bishops to come to this month’s World Synod of Bishops.
Vatican spokesman Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said today that China has indicated that travel requests for the bishops have been rejected, Reuters reported.
However, bishops from Hong Kong and Macao will be allowed to attend the synod, which begins Sunday.
“[There were] talks with the... READ MORE
Filed under china, synod, vatican
Cardinal: Politics Needs God
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:45 PM
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. (CNS)
Exclusion of God and religion from public life has contributed to a host of contemporary social problems — including the current financial crisis.
That’s the assessment delivered by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, in a Sept. 30 speech at a conference in Rome sponsored by the Aspen Institue.
Discussing the relationship of politics and religion in the age of... READ MORE
Filed under politics, vatican, wall street crisis
The Humble Pope
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 29, 2008 6:33 AM
Pope John Paul I. (CNS)
Pope John Paul I died 30 years ago yesterday, on Sept. 28, 1978.
In his Angelus remarks to pilgrims at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI noted the humility of spirit John Paul I displayed during his brief, 33-day pontificate in 1978.
John Paul I, said Benedict, “chose Saint Charles Borromeo’s episcopal motto — Humilitas — as his own, a word that sums up... READ MORE
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