VATICAN CITY (CNS): Marriage, by marking the birth of a new family, is an important event for the new couple and society, Pope John Paul II told Spain's new royal couple...
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End scandal of division: Kasper
ULM, Germany (CNS): The Vatican's top ecumenist told participants in a German Catholic Church assembly that Christians could not put up with what he called "the scandal of division"...
Read More »Age of spiritual supermarket
VATICAN CITY (CNS): People craving deeper meaning or greater fulfilment in their lives should look to what the Catholic faith has to offer rather than turn to the spiritual promises of the New Age movement, a Vatican official said...
Read More »Year to focus on Eucharist
ROME (CNS): Pope John Paul II has announced a special year dedicated to the Eucharist, saying the Church needs to highlight its importance for spiritual life and missionary tasks of the 21st century...
Read More »Hong Kong protest vigil
HONG KONG (CNS): Hong Kong's bishop is urging Catholics to fight for the vindication of victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre...
Read More »Ecumenism: Unstoppable work of the Holy Spirit
Bishop Michael Putney of Townsville spoke to reporter NICHOLAS KERR about why he finds ecumenism so exhilarating:.
Read More »Bush faces Pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS): In their first meeting since the Iraq war, Pope John Paul II told US President George W...
Read More »Swiss youth hail visiting pontiff
BERN, Switzerland (CNS): On a two-day visit to Switzerland, an aging Pope John Paul II reminisced with young people about his own youth and asked them to make room for Christ in their busy lives...
Read More »Rare St Ignatius letter uncovered
LONDON (CNS): A rare and valuable letter written and signed by St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, has been discovered in Jesuit archives in London...
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