VATICAN CITY, DEC. 19, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org The Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square, a practice started by John Paul II and now a firm tradition, was lit last Friday evening.…
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VATICAN CITY, NOV. 30, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s message to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I for the feast of St. Andrew. “May the God of hope…
Pope’s November Intention: That Whole Church Will Esteem This “Spiritual Treasure” VATICAN CITY, NOV. 3, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Pope Benedict XVI is praying this month for an increase in knowledge of…
From http://easternchristianbooks.blogspot.com/ on Friday, September 30, 2011 Orthodox Diversity on the Problem of Primacy Met. Hilarion Alfeyev, of whom I was recently critical, has come out with a restatement of his views–already…
This is Benedict XVI’s statement from Monday when he was visited by Archbishop George Alencherry, primate of the Syro-Malabar Church. Your Beatitude, I am pleased to greet you and the members of…
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 5, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org At the end of today’s general audience, Benedict XVI received the Gold Medal of the Apostle Jason of Thessalonica from a delegation of the…
This is the address Benedict XVI delivered 24 September 2011, upon meeting with representatives of Orthodox Churches at the seminary of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau. Dear Cardinals, Brother Bishops, Distinguished…
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 8, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Benedict XVI is expressing his hopes for a “renewed commitment to spiritual communion and evangelical witness” as the fruit of the 19th International Ecumenical…
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 28, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today when he was visited by a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The…
VATICAN CITY, JUNE 24, 2011 (thanks to Zenit.org Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today on receiving in audience members of the Assembly of Societies for Aid to…