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January 2012

January 24, 2012

“Silence and Word”: the pope’s message for World Communications Day

The day will be marked on May 20th, but the Vatican -- in keeping with...

January 21, 2012

Lambs of God

The traditional blessing of lambs took place today, the Feast of St. Agnes:

January 20, 2012

This is what you get for spending a lot of time around Saints

New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson and his wife, Gayle Benson have received from Pope Benedict XVI...

January 17, 2012

What are you praying for next year?

This year is only a few days old, but Pope Benedict has already posted his...

January 05, 2012

What is Benedict discussing with the U.S. bishops?

Some insight on recent ad limina visits, from John Allen: Predictably, Pope Benedict XVI’s own...

January 03, 2012

Jewish childhood friend of John Paul II dies

Details: Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifetime friend and childhood playmate of...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

Pope prays for deacons during Angelus

A reader pointed out that on this feast of St. Stephen, Pope Benedict today prayed...

December 21, 2011

Long Island becomes home to America’s newest basilica

From the Hamptons Desk: news that Southampton now has a basilica that the rich...

December 08, 2011

Let there be lights: pope uses tablet to light world’s largest Christmas tree

You can read all about it here. Evidently, he opted for a Sony S, rather...

November 2011

November 14, 2011

Pope will light world’s largest Christmas tree with an iPad

Take that, Rockefeller Center ...

November 08, 2011

Pope Benedict on permanent deacons

I seem to remember posting something on this a few years ago at my old...

November 07, 2011

Pope is #7 on Forbes list of world’s most powerful people

He's right between King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud and Ben Bernanke. As Forbes...

November 06, 2011

Is the Obama White House anti-Catholic?

After looking at the controversial dispute over some HHS funding that has made headlines, one...

November 03, 2011

Santa, I want these

Just in time for Christmas: two toys connected to the Disney movie "Cars 2." It's...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

Taking the A train … to Assisi

Here's something you don't see every day: Benedict XVI hopping a train with other religious...

October 22, 2011

"Habemus Papam"

As we mark Blessed John Paul's first feast day, some of us may have forgotten...

October 19, 2011

What's it like to be pope?

You can find one answer in the impressive and absorbing final episode of the ambitious...

October 19, 2011

Meet the new nuncio: Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano

This just in: Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, 70, to be the...

October 16, 2011

Why this Assisi meeting will be different

The interfaith prayer gathering happening next week will carry Pope Benedict's own stamp, according to...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Muslim leader to Pope: "I wish to see Muslims and Christians growing in mutual understanding…"

"The following story by the Prophet Mohammed reminds us of the Gospel according to Matthew:...

September 23, 2011

Pope to Muslims: "We believers have a special contribution to make…"

"From the 1970s onwards, the presence of numerous Muslim families has increasingly become a distinguishing...

September 14, 2011

Vatican to SSPX: sign here

According to reports from Rome, the Vatican has given the traditionalist Society of St. Pius...

September 09, 2011

Pope Benedict on 9/11: "The tragedy is compounded by the perpetrators' claim to be acting in God's name"

Archbishop Dolan's office released this letter from Pope Benedict today: Grace to you and peace...

September 09, 2011

Worth a thousand words, teddy bear edition

Behold, the "Pope Benedict XVI Teddy bear" in a show room of the Hermann-Spielwaren GmbH,...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

What's it like to be a deacon with the pope?

This guy knows: Just under a month ago I was having supper with a friend...

August 25, 2011

What the pope will find in Rio in '13: fewer Catholics

The numbers are dwindling, according to this report: Catholic numbers in Brazil strongly declined among...

August 23, 2011

Vatican to SSPX leader: let's talk

And they will, on 14 September, the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. From...

August 22, 2011

The pope and the deacon

Below, a shot some may have overlooked from the World Youth Day festivities last week....

August 21, 2011

"Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness…"

"Yes, dear friends, God loves us. This is the great truth of our life; it...

August 21, 2011

“Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness…”

“Yes, dear friends, God loves us. This is the great truth of our life; it...