CNA reports that, on March 8, Pope Benedict XVI told a conference organized to address the increasingly secularized state of the world, that he thinks believers are being conditioned by a “culture of images which imposes contradictory models and impulseread more
Schools should communicate moral principles as well as scientific information, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of Italian students on March 12, according to CWNews.com The Holy Father met with the students in St. Peter’s basilica just before hiread more
The Scotsman reports that Catholic primary schools in Edinburgh face being asked to cap numbers of non-baptised pupils following increasing demand from Eastern European families. (12th March 2008)St Mary’s RC in Leith, which is suffering major capacread more
Pope Benedict XVI’s third encyclical – expected to be titled “Caritas in Veritate,” “Love In Truth” – will discuss Catholic social teaching, touching on issues as varied as poverty, peace, wars, international cooperation, energy sourread more
“The Resurrection of Jesus Is Essentially an Event of Love” Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum. Alleluia! I have risen, I am still with you. Alleluia! Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus, crucified and risen, repeats this joyful proclamation to us todread more
The Scotsman reports that faith schools based on hardline Presbyterian principles should be introduced, according to the Free Church of Scotland. The editor of the Free Church of Scotland’s official magazine, the Reverend David Robertson, said it isread more
Our schools prepare children for eternity, not just for sitting examinations, says Fr John Bollan in this article in the Catholic Herald of 21 March 2008.
ZENIT reports the Pope’s encouragement that, even though the trials of life can make one feel abandoned by the Lord, an encounter with the Risen Christ can help recover the hope of faith. The Pope said this on 6 April 2008 in a commentary on theread more
ZENIT reports that Pope Benedict XVI has told Americans that the world is at a crossroads between great promise for the future and the breakdown of the foundations of society, and Christians are called to give witness of their hope in this context. The read more
ZENIT reports that Pope Benedict XVI has told a group of leaders and representatives of Catholic education that the modern “crisis of truth” is rooted in a “crisis of faith.” “Education is integral to the mission of the Churcread more
