Alleged apparitions by Mary, Mother of God

To help bishops determine the credibility of alleged Marian apparitions, the Vatican has translated and published procedural rules from 1978 that had previously been available only in Latin. The “Norms regarding the manner of proceedings in the discernment of presumed apparitions or revelations” were approved by Pope Paul VI in 1978 and distributed to the world’s bishops, but never officially published or translated into modern languages… Read more »

Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski

Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, head of the Holy See delegation to the sixty-fifth World Health Assembly, delivered an address before that gathering, which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland. Speaking English, the archbishop reaffirmed the Holy See’s support for Resolution WHA64.9 on “sustainable health financing structures and universal coverage”, which urges member States to aim for affordable universal coverage and access for all citizens on the basis of equity and solidarity… Read more »

A married couple, Settimio and Licia Manelli, had 21 children of whom 13 were alive. Since the conversion of Settimio at the feet of St Pio of Petrelcina, at San Giovanni Rotondo, the couple shared their married life under the constant spiritual and material guidance of the holy friar Padre Pio.

For their holy and heroic virtues they have been declared by the Church as Venerable and their cause for beatification is in processing… Read more »

Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family; Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy, and Pierpaolo Donati, professor at the department of sociology of the University of Bologna, Italy, presided at a press conference held in the Holy See Press Office to present the seventh World Meeting of Families, which will take place in Milan from 30 May to 3 June on the theme: “The Family: Work and Celebration”… Read more »

Pope Benedict XVI addreses a gathering of cardinals

During a lunch with members of the College of Cardinals on Monday to mark the 7th anniversary of his pontificate, Pope Benedict thanked his closest advisors for all their support during both the joys and the difficulties of his Petrine ministry.
The Pope began by thanking God for the joyous days as well as what he called ‘the dark nights’ and went on to reflect about the presence of evil in the world… Read more »

Pope on World Comunications Day

Pope Benedict XVI marked World Day for Social Communications. In comments after his Regina Caeli address he said: “We celebrate the World Day of Social Communications, on the theme “Silence and Word: a path of evangelisation.” Silence is an integral part of communication, it is a privileged place of encounter with the Word of God and our brothers and sisters… Read more »