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In his 2010 Letter to the Catholics of Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of his hope that the 50th International Eucharistic ...»

Cardinal Kurt Koch, who heads the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, gave a lecture on Wednesday at the Pontifical ...»

A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people for drug trafficking, rejecting the defence argument ...»

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God, an important day in the liturgical calendar which is marked each year on the fortieth ...»

As part of its ongoing effort to combat charges of secrecy and financial scandals, the Holy See’s Institute for Works of Religion – often ...»

Father Jim Brand celebrates the Feast of the Ascension with a reflection on the spirit of God which - he says - is often like a breeze, not always a ...»

Pope Benedict XVI viewed a screening of a film on the life of the Mother of God Wednesday evening at the Vatican. Following the screening, the Holy ...»

700 million Euros have been withdrawn from Greek banks in the past ten days. John Psaropoulos of The New Athenian, told the PBS television network in ...»

The German Church is holding its bi-annual meeting, more commonly known as Katholikentag, in Mannheim, with over 30 thousand ...»

During his Wednesday audience Pope Benedict XVI had a very special greeting for the President of Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Oscar ...»

Pope Benedict XVI wrote to the newly sworn-in President of France, Francois Hollande. In his telegram, the Holy Father expresses the hope that France ...»

Below, please find Vatican Radio's translation of the text of the communiqué released by the Press Office of the Holy See regarding the ...»

Continuing his catechesis on Christian prayer, this Wednesday Pope Benedict turned to the teaching of the Apostle Paul, whose letters show us that ...»

Marking the World Day for the Family, Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for the right to work and to rest for families worldwide. In comments following ...»

Experts and officials from some 30 countries across the Middle East and North Africa are meeting this week at the Rome headquarters of the United ...»

After nine days of talks on Tuesday political leaders in Greece admitted defeat in a bid to form a governing coalition. This political uncertainly ...»

Holy See Press Office director, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J, stated on Tuesday that a group of about 35 Ambassadors to the Holy See were welcomed by ...»

Christ’s Ascension into Heaven which the Church commemorates this week is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. It took place 40 days after ...»

Monday 14th May sees the start, in Rome, of a three-day international conference dedicated to Africa, its current contexts, its ...»

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Monsignor Robert McGuckin, Vicar General of the Diocese of Parramatta, the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomba, ...»