In his address to the UN, the Holy Father spoke about the role and proper understanding of human rights. Below are several passages taken from his address which elaborate the concept of human rights as promoting human freedom, the connection between human rights and common good, as well as the responsibility to protect life and the…
By Sandro Magister Because they conform themselves to the world. And instead of teaching the objective truth of the faith, they urge everyone to choose the community that best meets his tastes. The Pope’s shocking discourse to representatives of ecumenism. ROME — The moment that was indisputably the key of Benedict XVI’s fourth day in…
By Sandro Magister WASHINGTON — On the second day of the visit to America of Benedict XVI, public attention reached a peak with the meeting between the pope and president George W. Bush, at the White House. But for the Catholic Church in the United States, the truly significant moment came that evening, in the…
America Gears Up to Welcome Pope Ads and Videos Reflect U.S. Excitement on Eve of Visit WASHINGTON, D.C. — “He’s coming!” announce 150 advertisements emblazoned on Washington metro buses, in anticipation of Benedict XVI’s upcoming pastoral visit to the United States next week. The Pope arrives to the U.S. capital Tuesday, for his first visit…
Here’s the Lesson They Didn’t Want to Hear A group of teachers and students forced Benedict XVI to cancel his visit to “La Sapienza.” But the professor pope did not give up: he made public, a day early, the address that he had written for the occasion. It is the follow-up to the formidable lecture…
By Maurice Healy In marking the beginning of the New Year, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the themes of marriage and family and their importance to humanity, as he repeated the Second Vatican Council’s description of the family as “the primary living cell of society.” “The natural family, founded on marriage between a man and…