Pope Benedict XVI meets with East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta at his private library, January 21, 2008 in Vatican City. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images News)
The Vatican is having its own version of the WikiLeaks scandals that have hit the United States, spokesman Federico Lombardi has said following a recent rash of leaks to the Italian press. Newspapers have published letters by a whistleblower alleging rampant corruption in the Vatican, as well as accusing the Vatican bank of failing to implement laws against money laundering. Last week a confidential letter from a cardinal claiming knowledge of a plot to assassinate the pope within the next 12...Read Full Story
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“Behold how good and joyful a thing it is, for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Ps. 133:1). With all our hearts, let us thank Pope Benedict XVI for this beautiful gift, the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter , and let us pray that it may further the goal of Catholic unity. When Cardinal Wuerl told me that the Holy Father would establish the Ordinariate under this name, I truly rejoiced, for it goes to the heart of what our mission should be. And it...Read Full Story
Catholic News Service is reporting that, "A high-profile federal lawsuit accusing Pope Benedict XVI of covering up sexual abuse has been withdrawn. Lawyers for the plaintiff in John Doe 16 v. Holy See filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Feb. 10, bringing the case effectively to an end. The lawsuit was filed in April 2010 in the U.S. District Court in Milwaukee by an unnamed Illinois man who claimed he had been molested by Father Lawrence Murphy during the latter's time on the staff of...Read Full Story
how many kinds of heart diseases are there ?
1. coronary artery disease is a build up of plaque in the arteries that supply oxygen to the heart .
2. myocarial infarct is a heart attack that results from interruption of blood flow through a coronary artery from either coronary artery disease or spasm of coronary artery.
3. valvular heart disease is a malformation of the valves that separate the atria and ventricle or to pulmonary artery causing a back flow of blood.
4. endocarditis is...Read Full Story
A drug cartel has called on a rival gang to leave Guanajuato state and avoid “generating violence” during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Mexico next month, a government official told Efe on condition of anonymity.
Authorities have found 18 “narcomessages” in recent days in public places, with one of the messages referring to the upcoming papal visit to Guanajuato, which is in central Mexico.
The message addressed to the Nueva Generacion, or Jalisco Nueva Generacion, gang from the Los...Read Full Story
It is there that they will receive their red biretta hats and gold rings. For Mooney's evangelization mission, he hopes 100,000 pilgrims will kick an official 2010 World Cup Match Ball into a goal on a portable soccer field. "With each goal, our plan is to ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Roman Catholic Church is drawing fire for releasing a set of "guidelines" on how the faithful should vote ahead of the July 1 presidential elections. All religious groups are banned by law in Mexico from engaging in ...
Pope Benedict XVI has designated a Key West church as a Minor Basilica ... and the fifth in Florida. Father John Baker, pastor of St. Mary Star of the Sea, made an official announcement to parishioners on Friday during the Mass of the Feast ...
Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt is planning a trip to Rome in March to meet with Pope Benedict XVI. According to The Catholic Spirit, Bishop Lee Piche will also be traveling with the archbishop to the Vatican March 4-11: “The local ...
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) A prominent sex abuse lawyer has dropped a high-stakes lawsuit that sought to hold Pope Benedict XVI and other top church officials responsible for a clergy sexual abuse case. The Vatican's U.S. attorney, Jeffrey S. Lena ...
DigitalJournal.comOp-Ed: Rick Santorum disagrees with Pope Benedict XVI on health careDigitalJournal.comHere's what Santorum said when asked about his stance on health care availability and how it stacks up against the Catholic church's official stance. I look at the Affordable Care Act and say, both from the standpoint of faith, do I believe that people ...and more »
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have withdrawn their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants. Attorney Jeff Anderson filed the lawsuit in 2010. He claimed that Benedict, ...
The Vatican has invited Episcopalians who oppose their church’s liberal leanings to join the Roman Catholic fold, but so far, New Jersey congregations aren’t budging. Pope Benedict XVI announced Jan. 1 the creation of what’s essentially a ...
VATICAN CITY -- Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican is being besieged by near-daily leaks of confidential documents and tabloid-style ...
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MSN UK News - Representatives of groups that back Brazil's indigenous groups criticized Pope Benedict XVI Monday for insisting that Latin American Indians had been "silently longing" to
Catholic Online - VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has approved stricter guidelines for determining which saints will be remembered with mandatory feast days. The General Roman Calendar, the u
Kaisernetwork.org - Comments made by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday about potential excommunication of Catholic Mexico City legislators who voted for a ... months' gestation have "caused a st
Guardian Unlimited - Pope Benedict XVI concluded a trip to neighboring Brazil on Sunday by telling a bishop's conference that Marxism - as well as unchecked capitalism and globalization - were to