VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Vatican officials are at an advanced stage in studying the possibility of a papal trip to Mexico and Cuba in the spring of 2012, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, told reporters Nov. 10 that the nuncios to Mexico and Cuba have been told to inform those […]
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Pope Changes Format Of ‘Ad Limina’ Visits
by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a quiet modification of a traditional format, the Vatican has dropped most of the individual private meetings between Pope Benedict XVI and bishops making their “ad limina” visits to Rome. (Bishop DiMarzio will lead the Brooklyn delegation on an “ad limina” visit during Thanksgiving week.) The unannounced […]
Vatican Gets Mixed Reactions on Economy
by Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. Catholics have mixed feelings about the Vatican’s ideas on how to fix today’s troubled global economy. The proposals, outlined in a document released Oct. 24, include overhauling the world’s financial systems, establishing a global authority to manage the economy and creating a “world reserve fund” to support poor […]