Tag: Vatican
Vatican approves new English translation of the Mass
Washington D.C., May 1, 2010 / 06:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After eight years of work, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has approved a new translation of Roman Missal that contains the new text of the Mass in English. Once the missal is published in English, it will be gradually… Read More ›
NASA technology to be used in preservation of Vatican manuscripts
Vatican City, Mar 24, 2010 / 02:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican Apostolic Library will be converting 80,000 of its manuscripts into a digital format to ensure their availability for future generations. The “grandiose undertaking” will make use of technology created by NASA to preserve and protect important documents. This project is not one to… Read More ›
Pope Benedict approves structure for admitting large groups of Anglicans into Catholic Church
Vatican City, Oct 20, 2009 / 05:11 am (CNA).- In a Vatican press conference today, Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced that an Apostolic Constitution has been prepared in response to “many requests” from groups of Anglican clergy and faithful wanting to enter into full communion with… Read More ›
September 5 to mark feast day of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
CNA STAFF, Aug 30, 2009 / 05:08 am (CNA).- This Saturday, the Church will celebrate the feast day of Mother Teresa, a universal symbol of God’s merciful and preferential love for the poor and forgotten. Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, the youngest of three children. She… Read More ›
Vatican City State website celebrates two years, three million visitors
Vatican City, Aug 5, 2009 / 04:35 pm (CNA).- With more than three million visits since its inception, the Vatican City State website, http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm, recently celebrated its second anniversary on July 19. The site, which allows users to get a more up-close look at Vatican City, is visited by an average of 1,800 users per… Read More ›
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Oh, Immaculate Heart! Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths towards the future! From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, from incalculable… Read More ›
Offer Yourself as a Living Sacrifice
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church authoritatively states that “by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, the baptized are consecrated to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, that through all the works of Christians they may offer spiritual sacrifices and proclaim the marvellous works of him who called them out of… Read More ›
St. Rabanus Maurus, Benedictine monk and bishop
Rabanus entered monastic life at a young age as an oblate, was trained in the liberal arts and received a broad formation in the Christian tradition. As the Abbot of Fulda and then as Archbishop of Mainz, he contributed through his vast learning and pastoral zeal to the unity of the Empire and the transmission… Read More ›
Pope reflects on Mary’s bond with the Holy Spirit
Vatican City, Jun 1, 2009 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- Yesterday evening, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the faithful at the Vatican’s Grotto of Lourdes, urging them to “meditate upon the bond between the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary.” Crowds gathered at the Grotto following the conclusion of the traditional procession through the Vatican Gardens in… Read More ›
Holy Father to grant plenary indulgences for the Year of Priests
Vatican City, May 12, 2009 / 01:47 pm (CNA).- The Vatican has announced that during the Year for Priests, which will run June 19, 2009 – June 19, 2010, the Pope Benedict will grant plenary indulgences to priests and the faithful. The year will begin with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, “a… Read More ›