Pope Benedict XVI News

As the UN reveals that British levels of cocaine abuse match those of the United States, Paul Vallely traces the lineage of the drug back to the Incas - and finds some surprising users down the years I blame the pope.

From London, England : Nov 6, 2009 / 12:24 am .- Members of The Traditional Anglican Church in Great Britain have announced that they will enter into communion with the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Constitution for Anglicans.

Many newspapers have been shouting headlines that the Pope has condemned Halloween.

A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.

Vatican City, Nov 1, 2009 .- To the faithful gathered on Sunday in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI presented the communion of saints, a 'beautiful and comforting' reality that says 'we are never alone.' In particular he held up the ancient cult of martyrs in the early Church, and in this Year for Priests, 'the saintly priests, ...

Europe's increasingly muscular brand of secularism has an unofficial capital: Strasbourg, France.

If you want to destroy a hallowed Christian site on the big screen, that's OK. Just don't try doing the same thing to Islam.

AN INVITATION has been made to the Vatican which could lead to the first papal visit to Durham.

Some Critical Discernment Regarding Pope Benedict''s Recent Suggestions In light of the recent Papal Encyclical "Charity in Truth" , I thought it would be appropriate for a Catholic 'new world order' opponant and promotor of liberty to address this issue.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, NOV. 2, 2009 .- Relativism might enable diverse cultures to coexist, but it undercuts dialogue.

At his weekly public audience on November 4, Pope Benedict XVI used the debate between St.

By a 53%-47% margin, Maine voters have repealed a measure that would have legalized homosexual marriage in the state-- even though, in the words of the Associated Press, 'the stars seemed aligned for supporters of gay marriage.

The proposal to allow disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome was previously rejected as too aggressive, the former head of the Catholic church in England has disclosed.

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY - Underlining people's connection with those who have gone before them, the annual commemorations of All Saints and All Souls remind Christians that "we are never alone," Pope Benedict XVI said.

This morning, Benedict XVI received participants in the conference sponsored by the Specola Vaticana for the International Year of Astronomy accompanied by Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, President of the Governorate of Vatican City.

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 2, 2009 .- The cultural heritage of Christianity is more than a treasure to be preserved in a museum or the annals of history, says Benedict XVI.

Maureen Dowd does not make this man smile. But baseball does! Last Sunday, Times columnist Maureen Dowd blithely unleashed one of her smugly scathing criticisms against the Catholic Church for what she and many other critics perceive as their mistreatment of women, particularly nuns.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, retired archbishop of Westminster, said a forthcoming apostolic constitution to establish "personal ordinariates" should not be seen as an attempt by the Vatican to poach Anglicans disaffected by such issues as the ordination of women and sexually active homosexuals as priests and bishops.

Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Vatican ambassador to the United States, said the pope's recent overture to the Anglicans could be seen as a fruit of 100 years of prayers offered for the unity of the church by members of the Society of the Atonement.

If David Gibson's attempt to portray Pope Benedict XVI as a liberal was one of the silliest reactions to the Holy Father's recent overtures to traditional Anglicans , Francis X. Rocca's " The Pope Lets a Thousand Liturgies Bloom " is one of the best.