Tarcisio Bertone News

Vatican City, Dec 14, 2009 .- Pope Benedict XVI had brief audiences with a number of people on Monday morning, including three newly ordained bishops and the prime minister of Montenegro.

Made public today was a Message from the Holy Father, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., to Susan Eckey, president of the second conference called to examine the Convention prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti- personnel mines.

Pope Benedict XVI expressed "outrage," "shame" and "profound regret" over revelations of large-scale child abuse by Irish Catholic priests, the Vatican said Friday.

Leaders of both Church and state in Italy - including Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, and President Giorgio Napolitano - have come to the support of Milan's Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, after the cardinal was criticized by a leader of the conservative Northern League.

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has released a letter from 'a group of Chinese bishops and priests' who praised Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's recent letter to the Church in China.

The publication of the Letter from Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone to Chinese priests on the occasion of the Year for Priests , which is dated November 10, 2009, has received strong positive feedback from Chinese priests and faithful.

Milan, December 8 - Remarks by a cabinet minister suggesting the Archbishop of Milan Dionigi Tettamanzi should show more support for Christian Italians and less for foreigners and Islam continued to draw comment on Tuesday.

In advance of a Shanghai speech on human rights by US President Barack Obama, Chinese police placed about 20 political dissidents under house arrests, or ordered them to take "vacations" outside the city, in order to ensure a properly calm environment for the American leader's speech.

In commemoration of the Year for Priests, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has written a letter to Chinese priests urging them to evangelize and seek holiness.

An 'invitation to hope' is what opens the Letter that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has addressed to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China, on the occasion of the Year for Priests.

VATICAN CITY, 14 NOV 2009 - The Holy See Press Office released the following two communiques at midday today: "This morning the Holy Father received in audience Boris Tadic, president of the Republic of Serbia.

The Czech government of Jan Fischer will not solve the issue of the Czech-Vatican treaty as it is beyond the possibilities of the caretaker cabinet's mandate, PM Fischer told reporters after a meeting with Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone today.

Vatican officials have moved quickly t0 deflate a report, published in the Italian daily La Repubblica , that Pope John Paul II will be beatified early next year.

Vatican City, Nov 4, 2009 .- Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said today that the ruling by the European Human Rights Court in Strasburg, Germany ordering the removal of crucifixes from classrooms in Italy is 'truly a loss' as it is necessary 'to conserve the signs of our faith for those who believe as well as for those who do ...

Vatican City, November 4 - Pumpkins will be more common than crosses in Italian classrooms if a European court ruling is confirmed, the Vatican's top official said Wednesday.

ITALIAN political leaders of left and right were united with the Vatican today in condemning a European court ruling that crucifixes displayed in schools are a breach of human rights.

London, England, Oct 21, 2009 .- Finance leaders of global influence met at Schroders Bank in London's financial district on Wednesday morning to explore the relevance of Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical 'Caritas in Veritate.' The seminar, hosted by Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, received a message of support from the Pope.

VATICAN CITY, 10 OCT 2009 - The Holy See Press Office published the following communique at midday today: "This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience King Albert II of the Belgians, accompanied by his consort Queen Paola.

While Italy's top judges were considering their verdict on his immunity law this week, Silvio Berlusconi found time to open an exhibition in Rome of paintings of European saints with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State and the Pope's deputy.

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