He has never doubted his decision to resign, knowing it was the right thing to do for the good of the Church, said Archbishop Georg Ganswein, personal secretary to the retired pope.
Pope Benedict XVI
‘Annus Horribilis’
Our city, and indeed the nation, is reeling from the assassinations of two New York City police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. These two officers of the law, both married, with the 40-year-old Ramos having two sons and Liu being recently married, were gunned down for no reason other than the fact that they […]
Pope Warns About ‘Hidden Euthanasia’ of the Elderly
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis warned against the abandonment and neglect of the elderly, calling it a “hidden euthanasia” rooted in today’s “poisonous” culture of disposal and an economic system of greed.
Our Bridge and Rock
Living and studying in Rome, I rarely check my American cellphone. I keep it charged and on my desk just in case there’s an emergency and someone at home needs to contact me. So when I get a text or a call, I nearly fall off my chair!
Representing Brooklyn To the Holy Father
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has represented the Brooklyn Diocese in Rome on several occasions. Bishop DiMarzio greets Pope John Paul II during his 2004 ad limina visit to the Vatican… Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Bishop DiMarzio, during the pope’s general audience at the Vatican on July 6, 2005… Bishop DiMarzio meets Pope Francis for […]
Benedict Defends Record In a Dialogue with Atheist
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a letter to an atheistic Italian mathematician, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended his own handling of allegations of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and politely criticized the logician’s total reliance on scientific facts for meaning. “I never sought to conceal these things,” the pope said […]
‘We Are Brothers,’ Francis Tells Benedict
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) – With a warm embrace, a helping hand, shared prayer, a long discussion and lunch together, Pope Francis spent several hours with retired Pope Benedict XVI March 23 at the papal summer villa. Pope Francis gave Pope Benedict an icon of Mary and Jesus that the Russian Orthodox delegation to his […]
Pope Benedict Is an Example to the Aged
by Sister Constance Carolyn Veit, l.s.p As Ash Wednesday approached, I was thinking that this was going to be a Lent like most others. And then came the news on Feb. 11! Even as I pondered what a papal resignation signified, my thoughts drifted back to another season of high emotion – Lent 2005. A […]
Cluster Mass Offers Thanks For Benedict XVI’s Papacy
by Ed Wilkinson About 150 people showed up on Feb. 26 for a Mass of thanksgiving for the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Windsor Terrace. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of the liturgy that was sponsored by the local cluster of parishes. Concelebrants included Msgr. Joseph […]
Cardinals Prepare To Vote for Pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Chanting the Litany of the Saints, asking a host of holy men and women to help them, the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel in procession, aware of their enormous responsibility to elect a new pope. Less than half of the 117 cardinals eligible to vote for a successor to Pope Benedict […]