Pope Benedict XVI condemned the wave of terrorist attacks in India as acts of “cruel and senseless violence,” and led prayers for the nearly 200 people who died and the hundreds injured in the bloodshed.     PEOPLE HOLD CANDLES DURING VIGIL IN NEW DELHI People n New Delhi hold candles during a Dec. 2 vigil for the victims of recent attacks in Mumbai, I...

German-born Pope Benedict XVI said he still feels “pain for what happened” in his homeland in 1938 when Nazi mobs went on the rampage against Jews, an event that became known as Kristallnacht. Elimination: Jews are arrested by German authorities during Kristallnacht. Pope Benedict has said memories of the event still cause him pain. By Cindy Wooden   ...

Pope condemns atrocities in Congo, appeals for peace as Caritas launches global appeal.                                                   ...

Vatican City (CNA) - The former secretary of the late Pope John Paul II has revealed new details about the life of the Servant of God.  JPII. Photo: CNS Information regarding an attack in 1982 and his last public appearance is being shown in a documentary on the Pontiff’s life titled, Testimony. Testimony, a film based on the memoir A life with Karol by Cardinal Stani...

Pope canonises four, including India´s first female saint.   Narcisia de Jesus Martillo Moran   Gaetano Errico VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pilgrims from around the world gathered in St Peter’s Square on October 12 as Pope Benedict XVI canonised four saints. In his homily, the Pontiff recalled the lives and virtues of Gaetano Errico (1791-18...

Pope’s brother speaks out on Benedict XVI’s ‘Hitler Youth’ past, and more. Always devout: A young Joseph Ratzinger carries a monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament in this undated photo. Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, the brother of Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, .has revealed intimate details like the pontiff mentioning very early on about how good the na...

Denis and Ann Cullity with Archbishop Barry Hickey, Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton and Vicar General Fr Brian O’Loughlin at St Thomas More College Chapel. Photo: Archdiocese of Perth. Archbishop Barry Hickey has bestowed Papal Honours on three Perth Catholics, Peter Tannock and Denis and Ann Cullity, for their significant contribution to society and the Church in the name of Christ. Th...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - All people are called to holiness, and having extraordinary gifts does not make someone a greater saint than someone else, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Precisely the ‘normal’ saints are the kind of saints God wants,” the Pope said on August 20, briefly setting aside the prepared text at his weekly general audience. “Holiness is not a ...

Monsignor Jude Okolo, counsellor at Canberra’s Apostolic Nunciature, appointed Nuncio to Chad and Central African Republic.   Monsignor Jude Thaddeus Okolo   By Anthony Barich Monsignor Jude Thaddeus Okolo, counsellor the Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra, has moved up in the world after Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Chad and th...

In recent decades there has been much talk of a “vocations crisis”. But it seems that members of the Neocatechumenal Way have not heard about it.