Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, meet briefly with Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the pope’s weekly general audience Aug. 8 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Giffords was shot and seriously wounded during a political appearance in Arizona in January 2011.
by Antonina Zielinska As part of his mission to continue the work and legacy of Blessed John Paul II, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz visited the Brooklyn Diocese during his trip to the United States. Cardinal Dziwisz is the Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, and worked for the late Polish pontiff for nearly 40 years. He came to […]
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass outside the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Frascati, Italy, July 15. The city is located about five miles from the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s former doctoral students will meet in late August to discuss ecumenical relations involving Catholics, Lutherans and Anglicans. One speaker will be German Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He will discuss “Harvesting the Fruits: Basic Aspects of Christian Faith in Ecumenical […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After placing a woolen band around the shoulders of 44 new archbishops as they knelt before him, Pope Benedict XVI told them it was a reminder of their ties to heaven and earth and of their loyalty to Christ and the successor of Peter. “You have been constituted in and for […]
Pope Benedict XVI kneels in prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament during the Corpus Christi procession in Rome. At Corpus Christi Mass, the Pope said a misunderstanding of the Second Vatican Council has led some Catholics to think that Eucharistic adoration and Corpus Christi processions are pietistic practices that pale in importance to the […]
by Carol Glatz MILAN (CNS) – As Pope Benedict XVI closed the World Meeting of Families in Italy’s capital of finance and fashion, he opened the possibility of his heading to the United States when he named the Archdiocese of Philadelphia the next venue of the world gathering. “God willing,” he said, he would attend […]
by Ed Wilkinson Coordinated by the DeSales Media Group, it was held May 18 at Steiner Studios at the site of the former Brooklyn Navy Yard. The topic came from the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s message for World Communications Day, “Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization.” Msgr. Kieran Harrington, Vicar for Communications, opened […]
by Francis X. Rocca Pope Benedict XVI’s 85th birthday, April 16, and the seventh anniversary of his election, April 19, were obviously occasions for wishing the pope well and reflecting on the events of his reign thus far. Inevitably, however, these milestones also prompt speculation about what Vatican officials and observers refer to diplomatically as […]
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – Like many residents of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI spent the Easter Monday holiday outside the city, but he suggested that people use at least part of the extra day off to look again at the Gospel accounts of the Easter story. Reading the accounts “allows us to meditate on this […]
