World Youth Day is one of the largest regular gatherings of Catholic young people, but that does not mean people from other faiths are not welcome. We have this report...
Suspected insurgents in the south of Thailand opened fire in a bustling cafe frequented by police and soldiers earlier today, killing three customers and injuring four others. Today's attack brings the total number killed in isolated incidents in Yala province
Oil prices at the end of trading Friday were down by more than $1 a barrel from record levels set a day earlier on hopes that tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program could cut the chances of American or Israeli military
World Youth Day 2008 will be held from July 15-20 in Sydney, Australia. Emer McCarthy has been taking a look at events leading up to Pope Benedict's arrival in Australia on July 12 th .
Israel says it is keeping Gaza's border crossings closed in retaliation for a rocket attack yesterday. All cargo passages remained shut today, after Palestinians fired the rocket from Gaza toward Israel. No injuries were reported from that attack. The cargo
The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote next week on sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after last week's widely condemned run-off election. Mugabe won a June 27th run-off ballot after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the
Pope Benedict authorised the promulgation of 13 decrees concerning causes for canonisation and beatification. Top of the list was Belgian blessed Fr. Damian de Veuster , who dedicated his life to caring for people suffering from leprosy in 19th century
Pope Benedict XVI received Sir Nathaniel Rahumaea Waena, governor general of the Solomon Islands in audience today at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. Discussions focused on the current political and social situation of the south pacific country, and on
Landslides triggered by monsoon rains killed at least nine people today in a third day of flooding in Bangladesh. Most of the victims were children, who were sleeping in their mud-and-straw huts when earth slid down the hills and buried
The Seventh Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation wrapped up today in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The theme of this year's Plenary Assembly was "Word of God: Source of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace." The President of the Biblical Federation,
South African President Thabo Mbeki says anti-immigrant attacks that left 62 dead must never be repeated. Mbeki was speaking today at a ceremony in honour of the immigrants and South Africans caught up in the May violence, when attacks pitted
Pope Benedict said on Wednesday that during the Pauline Year, he will dedicate his weekly General Audiences to the Apostle of the Gentiles. We have this report... Greeting Pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience hall, Pope Benedict announced a new
A Palestinian driving a construction vehicle went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street today, plowing into a string of vehicles and pedestrians killing three people and wounding 45 others.
Pope Benedict will remain in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo until he leaves for Australia for World Youth Day on July 12th. The summer residence, located 30 kilometre southeast of Rome, has been used off and on by the
A state of emergency has been declared in the central Asian country of Mongolia, after five people died and more than 300 others were injured in a riot in the capital, Ulaanbator, over alleged fraud in a weekend election. Chris
One of the 40 Metropolitan Archbishops to receive the pallium from Pope Benedict on Sunday was the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal. Patriarch Twal is a native of Jordan, and was named coadjutor archbishop of Jerusalem in 2005. He assumed
Paul was able to appeal to these currents of thought in his presentation of the Good News. Against this broad cultural background, Paul developed his teaching, which we will explore in the catecheses of this Pauline Year. * * *
