Notícias do ms November, 2008
Night of Horror and Carnage in Mumbai, India Terrorist Attack
27 November 2008
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Loading ...MUMBAI, India (Catholic Online) – India, already racked by horrid violence against Catholics and other Christians from extremist Hindus in Orissa, has now become the venue for one of the most brutal terrorist attacks in recent years. This time terrorists have singled out American and British dignitaries and visitors. This terrorist attack is taking place [...]
Pope: Beauty, Truth and Goodness
VATICAN CITY (VIS) – Benedict XVI has sent a Message to Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, to mark the annual public session of the Pontifical Academies. The Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature “dei Virtuosi al Pantheon”, which is organising the event this year, has chosen the theme: “The [...]
Pope Benedict calls on society to reconnect beauty to truth and goodness
Vatican City, Nov 25, 2008 / 11:18 am (CNA).- Although the world is immersed in images, it can be empty of beauty, Pope Benedict said today in a message he sent to the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature as it explores the relationship between aesthetics and ethics. Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for [...]
Why Kmiec will not become the new Vatican Ambassador
Vatican City, Nov 25, 2008 / 03:22 pm (CNA).- An official from the Vatican’s Secretary of State department has reacted to a recent article suggesting that Pepperdine professor Douglas Kmiec should become the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican by saying, “it will never happen.” On November 23, America Magazine published an article from Michael Sean Winters [...]
Russian city observes ‘week without abortion’ as country battles population crisis
Novorossiysk, Nov 26, 2008 / 01:09 am (CNA).- Authorities in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk have scheduled a “week without abortion” in an effort to combat the country’s extremely high abortion rate. During the weeklong event that began on Monday, doctors will not perform abortions in all but “the most extreme cases,” RussiaToday.com reports. [...]
US Washington bishops say ‘no moral justification’ for upcoming execution
Seattle, Nov 26, 2008 / 03:12 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Washington state are asking Gov. Chris Gregoire to commute the death sentence of Darold Ray Stenson, saying there is “no moral justification” for his upcoming lethal injection. Stenson, 55, is scheduled to be executed on December 3. He was convicted of aggravated murder [...]
Pope cites modern ways that Christ’s kingship is either obeyed or ignored
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2008 / 12:48 pm (CNA).- Having prayed the Angelus from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI reflected some current ways that the Kingdom of God is realized or frustrated. Despite the persecution of the Japanese shoguns, 188 Japanese Christians stood firm against the insistence that they renounce their [...]
Biden experiencing troubled conscience over abortion, says Bishop Aquila
Fargo, North Dakota, Nov 22, 2008 / 02:14 pm (CNA).- Following the Fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Baltimore, where they pledged not to yield ground to the incoming Obama administration on the issue of abortion, Bishop Samuel Aquila has revealed that vice president-elect Joe Biden is struggling with his conscience over his [...]
Christ’s Kingdom requires us to love our neighbor, Pope teaches
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2008 / 12:31 pm (CNA).- Meditating on today’s Solemnity of Christ the King, the Holy Father spoke with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square about how God’s eternal kingdom is realized by those who live the Gospel and strive day after day to put his word into practice. Pope Benedict [...]
Monastic life should remind Christians to place nothing before love of God, Pope says
Vatican City, Nov 20, 2008 / 10:33 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI today told members of the Vatican Congregation dedicated to helping consecrated religious that monastic life must challenge the faithful to love God before all else. The Holy Father also pointed to the Scriptures as the way to deepen love for God. Addressing the [...]