Tag: Vatican
Bring “truth, proclamation and authenticity of life” to the web
Vatican City, Jan 24, 2011 / 12:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Facebook, MySpace and Twitter should be used by Christians looking to bring “truth, proclamation and authenticity of life” to the web today, the Pope said in his message for the 45th World Day of Social Communications. In his message released on Jan. 24, the Pope… Read More ›
Pope to Catholics online: It’s not just about hits
(AP) – January 24, 2011 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI told Catholic bloggers and Facebook and YouTube users Monday to be respectful of others when spreading the Gospel online and not to see their ultimate goal as getting as many online hits as possible. Echoing concerns in the U.S. about the need to… Read More ›
Facebook friends no substitute for real ones, warns Pope
Philip Pullella Reuters News Agency VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict gave a qualified blessing to social networking on Monday, praising its potential but warning that online friendships are no substitute for real human contact. The 83-year-old pontiff, who does not have his own Facebook account, set out his views in a message with a weighty title that… Read More ›
John Paul II beatification could be possible in 2011
Rome, Italy, Jan 5, 2011 / 01:00 am (CNA).- Pope John Paul II could be beatified in 2011, Vatican expert Andrea Tornielli is reporting. In the Jan. 4 edition of the Italian newspaper Il Giornale, he reports that medical advisers of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints have ruled favorably on a miracle attributed… Read More ›
Vatican Radio Interviews Monk on Interreligious Dialogue
On Friday, 10 December, Vatican Radio broadcast an interviewed Father William Skudlarek OSB, General Secretary of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue. MID is an organization of Benedictine and Trappist monks and nuns committed to fostering inter-religious and inter-monastic dialogue at the level of spiritual practice and experience between Catholic monastic women and men and devout practitioners of… Read More ›
What is the Fullness of Time? (Part II)
6. “Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord” (Lk 1:45). Elizabeth’s words to Mary, who is carrying Christ in her womb, can also be applied to the Church on this continent. Blessed are you, Church in America, for you have welcomed the… Read More ›
The word of God and the means of social communication
Linked to the relationship between the word of God and culture is the need for a careful and intelligent use of the communications media, both old and new. The Synod Fathers called for a proper knowledge of these media; they noted their rapid development and different levels of interaction, and asked for greater efforts to… Read More ›
The prayerful reading of sacred Scripture and “lectio divina”
… The word of God is at the basis of all authentic Christian spirituality. The Synod Fathers thus took up the words of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum: “Let the faithful go gladly to the sacred text itself, whether in the sacred liturgy, which is full of the divine words, or in devout reading, or… Read More ›
All Souls: Our hope is founded on Christ’s sacrifice
1. This year, when we are celebrating the millennium of the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, established by St Odilo, fifth Abbot of Cluny, . . ., when the Church joyfully celebrates the communion of saints and human salvation, St Odilo urged his monks to say special prayers for all the dead, thus mysteriously… Read More ›
Vatican council calls planned Koran burning ceremony ‘outrageous’
Vatican City, Sep 8, 2010 / 10:29 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although the charismatic Christian church planning a Koran burning on Sept. 11 only has around 50 members, the spectre of the impact on Muslim relations led the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue to issue a statement today expressing its “great concern” over the plan… Read More ›