There is a need for Catholics to engage modern culture, understanding and appreciating its positive aspects while debating its negative points, said the former president of the Italian bishops’ conference.
Cardinal Camillo Ruini affirmed this Thursday in a Vatican Radio interview regarding the recent publication of a book, “Confini” (Limits), that features a discussion between the cardinal and historian Ernesto Galli della Loggia.
The prelate stated that if humanity “wishes to go forward, if it wishes to seriously address the great problems it faces, it must have a broader reason, a reason free from the scientific spirit and from relativism.”
He explained that Benedict XVI’s invitation to “broaden the spaces of rationality” is directed to all of society, although in a more specific way he was indicating for the Church the “path of a genuine evangelization” of the West… Read more »

Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. released the following declaration:

“The first of the planned meetings with representatives of the Society of St. Pius X will take place on the morning of Monday 26 October.

“For the Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei’ the meeting will be attended, apart from by its secretary Msgr. Guido Pozzi, by Archbishop Luis F… Read more »

Għadd ta’ kappillani li tkellmu ma’ IL-ĠENSillum qablu li t-taxxa tal-VAT fuq xogħlijiet ta’ restawr fuq knejjes u bini ieħor storiku li hu proprjeta’ tal-Knisja huwa ta’ piż u jnaqqas l-abbilta’ tagħhom li jwettqu xogħol ta’ restawr. Fl-istess ħin, appellaw lill-Gvern biex din it-taxxa fuq ix-xogħol ta’ restawr li jsir, titneħħa.

IL-ĠENSillum  din il-ġimgħa tkellmet ma’ erba’ kappillani li bħalissa qed iwettqu xogħol ta’ restawr fil-parroċċa tagħhom: il-kappillan ta’ Ħal Tarxien, Fr Reuben Deguara, il-kappillan ta’ Ħaż-Żebbug, Fr Daniel Cardona, il-kappillan ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar, Fr Bastjan Caruana, u dak tal-Birgu, Fr Joe Caruana… Read more »

SPAIN: MADRID RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LIFE

A series of playful, academic and general information initiatives to raise the families’ awareness about the attendance of the great rally due to take place in Madrid, Spain, on Saturday 17th October for the right to life, for women and for motherhood. They are being proposed over these days by “Right to Live” (Dav), which is leading Saturday’s initiative and has been joined by over 40 Spanish civilian organisations and will be focussed on the motto, “Every life matters”… Read more »

In a gesture of interfaith reconciliation, Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Rome synagogue and meet with the city’s Jewish community in January, the Vatican announced.

The pope’s visit on Jan. 17, 2010, coincides with the Roman Jewish commemoration of “Lead Mo’ed,” which marks a torrential rain in 1793 that saved Jews from a Roman mob’s attempt to attack them. Pope Benedict’s visit comes at the invitation of Rabbi Riccardo di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome… Read more »

Benedict XVI will visit the Rome headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization for the opening day of its World Summit on Food Security.

The Pope will visit the FAO on Nov. 15, the Vatican announced today. The World Summit on Food Security will be held immediately prior to the FAO general conference, Nov. 18-23.

The Vatican announcement comes a day after Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N… Read more »

The European bishops gathered representatives from 29 countries to create strategies for building solidarity on the continent in the first ever “Catholic Social Days for Europe.” These days, sponsored by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, took place in Gdansk from Thursday to Sunday.

In the closing statement, titled “Solidarity Is the Future of Europe,” the bishops recalled the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, and the resulting quest for reconciliation that gave rise to the European Union… Read more »