Pope Benedict

By anil wadhwa Posted Date: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 | Viewed: 11 Posted In Category: Self Improvement » Self Help Articles Home | Self Help RSS Feed | Email to Friend | Report Article Not surprisingly, both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have their Venuses in Taurus, making them warm and affectionate. They are able to make commitments and long-lasting attachments, such as working for the Church well past their second Saturn Returns. They are also prone to enjoy beauty, luxury and comfort in their surroundings. Most of the Popes, including these two, have a lot of Venus and Taurus, Libra ... Read Full Story

Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima next May, Portuguese bishops announced. The pope will preside over ceremonies May 13, 2010 the date of the first apparition of St. Mary to three shepherd children in 1917. No other details of the papal program were immediately available, according to Vatican Radio. As a cardinal, Pope Benedict led an international pilgrimage to Fatima in 1996. Pope John Paul II visited Portugal three times. Read Full Story

I hope I don’t burn in hell for this, but during Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican yesterday, his cloak lifted in the wind, creating an eerie resemblance to Star Wars villain Darth Sidious. Read Full Story

A German priest who has admitted that he molested boys while working at a boarding-school in the 1970s has been removed from office by Pope Benedict XVI. The priest was removed from office after 16 men came forward to say that they had been forced to engage in sexual acts as boys while attending a boarding school near Bad Neustadt an der Saale, which is about 110 kilometers east of Frankfurt. The incidents in question happened between 1972 and 1976, too long ago for them to be prosecuted as crimes under German law. The now defrocked priest is a member of the order Missionaries ... Read Full Story

ARS, France, JULY 31, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Claudio Hummes will represent Benedict XVI at celebrations in Ars on the feast of John Vianney, the saint the Holy Father has proposed as the model for this Year for Priests. The prefect of the Congregation for Clergy will be the papal legate for the Aug. 4 Mass in the town where John Vianney practiced his ministry. The celebration this year marks the 150th anniversary of John Vianney's death; the Year for Priests is marking that anniversary and a jubilee year in Ars has also celebrated the event. The sanctuary will have two days of celebration. On ... Read Full Story