Pope Benedict: Jesus Christ is the key to priestly life
This year the Pontifical Seminaries of Campania, Calabria and Umbria in Italy are celebrating the Centenary of their inauguration and it was on this occasion that Pope Benedict meet with Staff and Seminarians of these institutions on Thursday in the...[more]

'Substantial progress' in Holy See - Israel talks
“Substantial progress” was made toward a final agreement on outstanding matters in negotiations between the Holy See and the state of Israel aimed at implementing the Fundamental Agreement reached in 1993. The Apostolic Nuncio to Israel,...[more]

Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville, Ky: religious liberty at foundation of USA
The bishops of the United States continue their ad limina visits this week, with bishops from the southeastern part of the country in Rome to pray at the tombs of the Apostles and meet with the Holy Father and curial officials. In his most recent...[more]

Ethics and Morality highlighted at Davos
Religious leaders and the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab today discussed the possibility of establishing a Global Forum on Ethics.The issue of ethics has been high on the agenda at the Davos summit with Mr...[more]

Unity focus of Pope's address to CDF plenary
Christian Unity was at the centre of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks Friday to the participants in the Plenary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Holy Father expressed the hope that the Congregation might work closely...[more]

Fr. Lombardi Editorial: Preserve the memory
2012-01-27 CTV - Octava Dies. Sixty-seven years ago, 27 January 1945, was the end of the infamy of Auschwitz. Holocaust Memorial Day was established on this date, as a memorial to this most terrible place of appalling tragedy. We can not and must...[more]

January 28, 2012
'Pacem in Terris' today: The editor of America Magazine, Jesuit Fr Drew Christiansen reflects on the impact of Pope John XXIII's great social encyclical.... Rome's Anglican Centre: The week of prayer for Christian unity may be over, but the...[more]

January 27, 2012
Auschwitz - Marking Holocaust Memorial Day with Father Manfred Desalaers. Venerable English College - As celebrations are underway at the College to mark six centuries and a half since a hospice was first founded on this site we speak to the ...[more]

Fr. Lombardi Editorial: Preserve the memory
Sixty-seven years ago, 27 January 1945, was the end of the infamy of Auschwitz. Holocaust Memorial Day was established on this date, as a memorial to this most terrible place of appalling tragedy. We can not and must not forget. If there were men...[more]

Ethics and Morality highlighted at Davos
Religious leaders and the founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab today discussed the possibility of establishing a Global Forum on Ethics.The issue of ethics has been high on the agenda at the Davos summit with Mr...[more]

Unity focus of Pope's address to CDF plenary
Christian Unity was at the centre of Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks Friday to the participants in the Plenary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Holy Father expressed the hope that the Congregation might work closely and in...[more]

Celebrations at Venerable English College
The Rector of the Venerable English College here in Rome Monsignor Nicholas Hudson is hosting celebrations this weekend to mark six centuries and a half since the founding of the English and Welsh Hospice in Rome. Monsignor Hudson shares the story...[more]

Archbishop Kurtz of Louisville, Ky: religious liberty at foundation of USA
The bishops of the United States continue their ad limina visits this week, with bishops from the southeastern part of the country in Rome to pray at the tombs of the Apostles and meet with the Holy Father and curial officials. In his most recent...[more]

So as never to forget
"In a while, even the last of us who were part of this enormous tragedy, will not be here any more. Time will erase the memories of those who are still living, dispersing to the wind the sacrifice of an entire generation". This is a roughly...[more]

Auschwitz: God had the last word ...
Holocaust Memorial Day falls each year on the 27th of January to mark the day in 1945, when the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops . So as not to forget this anniversary Veronica Scarisbrick shares with you...[more]

'Substantial progress' in Holy See - Israel talks
“Substantial progress” was made toward a final agreement on outstanding matters in negotiations between the Holy See and the state of Israel aimed at implementing the Fundamental Agreement reached in 1993. The Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Archbishop...[more]