St. Dominic Gardens Lobby

Pope Francis and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami

Pope Francis and I...well, not literally, LOL

Papal Wed. Audience, AB Wenski Receives Pallium

Georg Gaenswein, Pope Benedict XVI's personal secretary helps Pope Benedict XVI to wearing a red Saturn hat, as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter square at the Vatican, on June 30, 2010. (Daylife Images-Getty, AP, Reuters)



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Martyrs of the Roman Church

Red is the color for martyrs; red rose symbol of martyrdom; crown, symbolizing victory over death and sin; white horse with a white banner and cross and sword; fire or flames; palm, symbol of victory

There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the converts of the “Apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 15:20). Paul had not yet visited them at the time he wrote his great letter in a.d. 57-58

Placing a woolen band around the shoulders of 38 new archbishops, Pope Benedict XVI told them it was a Gospel "yoke" -- not a heavy burden, but a sign that by remaining united with the church in faith


"May the example of the Apostles Peter and Paul illuminate believer's minds and enflame their hearts with the holy desire to accomplish the will of God, that the pilgrim Church in the world may remain ever faithful to her Lord" B16

Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning's general audience to the Italian St. Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860), the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of whose death fell last week

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 66, until now Archbishop of Québec, becomes the new prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, replacing Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 76

Ukraine plays referee between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow

Cardinal Marc Ouellet: God’s Gift to Canada

Cardinal Marc Ouellet has given his first press conference after the Pope nominated him today to become the next prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

Dr. Massimo Introvigne went to the EU Parliamentary Assembly to defend the RCC against pedophilia sexual abuse onslaught

Archbishop Wenski interview

Vatican necropolis website

Swiss Bishop of Basel, Kurt Koch to the presidency of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Vatican Lawyer Jeffrey Lena Discusses the Supreme Court’s Decline of Appeal in Abuse Case

Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for July is: "That in every nation of the world the election of officials may be carried out with justice, transparency and honesty, respecting the free decisions of citizens"

The U.K. bishops are preparing for Benedict XVI's historic Sept. 16-19 visit with the publication of resources designed to answer questions about the Pope and the Church

UK Papal Site

Pope Benedict XVI congratulated the Holy See's secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, on his 50th year of priesthood

The recently opened sections of the Vatican Secret Archives have revealed that Pope Pius XII not only helped save thousands of Jews, but also their patrimony, from the Nazis

Benedict and Bertone

Papal Angelus & Culmination of Year of Priests, Turkey Update

A devotee takes a picture standing next to a priest as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican June 13, 2010. (Daylife Images-Reuters, Getty, AP)



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St. Albert Chmielowski

Priests are a gift from the Heart of Christ, Pope Benedict says

Benedict XVI is reminding journalists of the good they can do if they put their skills at the service of "truth and noble causes."

In defense of religious-military imagery

Benedict XVI received in audience forty members of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, to whom he spoke about "the significance of work in pontifical representations"

Even as the Vatican prepares to add an agency to promote "new evangelization," the traditional forms of "old evangelization" -- missionary outreach in non-Christian lands -- are alive and well around the world

World Cup Commercial Blasphemy?

Oldest images of saints to be revealed in Rome

Death of G.K. Chesterton

The French section of Aid to the Church in Need is urging people worldwide to sign a petition denouncing a "blasphemy law" that allows for grave injustices in Pakistan

Hindu extremist arrested for anti-Catholic violence

Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami took his Episcopal motto, "Omnia omnibus" - "All things to everyone", from the Apostle Paul

Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, 70, who has been serving as Archbishop of Izmir since 2004, will replace Bishop Luigi Padovese, who was stabbed to death in Iskendurun, Turkey on June 3 by his driver, who also served as his aide

Slovenian WW2 student beatified

Israeli-Vatican talks continue

Benedict XVI characterized his brother bishop Luigi Padovese as a "beloved pastor" and a generous witness and architect "of dialogue for reconciliation."

The funeral Mass for Bishop Luigi Padovese, Apostolic Vicar of the Anatolia and President of the Bishops’ Conference of Turkey, was celebrated Tuesday morning at the Cathedral of Milan