Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Blase. The Pope’s Detractors Cannot Sustain Their Charges Vatican Two weeks ago L’Osservatore Romano reprinted an article by Bernard-Henri Lévy blasting media …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Blase.
The Pope’s Detractors Cannot Sustain Their Charges
Vatican
Two weeks ago L’Osservatore Romano reprinted an article by Bernard-Henri Lévy blasting media caricatures of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Pius XII. Now, the Vatican newspaper has reprinted an article by New York-based writer Dimitri Cavalli defending the wartime Pontiff. The article originally appeared in Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper. “The campaign against Pope Pius XII is doomed to failure because his detractors cannot sustain their main charges against him -- that he was silent, pro-Nazi, and did little or nothing to help the Jews-- with evidence,” writes Cavalli. “Perhaps only in a backward world such as ours would the one man who did more than any other wartime leader to help Jews and other Nazi victims receive the greatest condemnation.”
Dramatic Growth
Russia
For the recent year, the Moscow Patriarchate has opened 900 new parishes. At the same time the total number of Russian clerics has grown for more than 1500 priests. Patriarch Kirill voiced the statistical data on Tuesday at a Bishops’ Meeting in Moscow. Today the Russian Church has When the 1000th anniversary of Russia’s Baptism was celebrated in 1988, the Moscow Patriarchate had 6893 parishes, 76 dioceses and 74 hierarchs. The total number of clerics was 7397.
French Bishops Oppose Ban on Islamic Veil
France
The French bishops oppose the proposal of Prime Minister Francois Fillon to ban the wearing of burqas in public institutions. An estimated 1,900 women in France currently wear the veils, which allow only the area around the eyes to be visible. “The French, including the Catholics among them, should not let themselves be gripped by fear or a ‘clash of civilizations’ theory,” said Bishop Michel Santier of Créteil. “If we want Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries to enjoy all their rights, we should in our country respect the rights of all believers to practice their faith.”
Former Priest enters Homosexual Union
Ireland
Pat Buckley, a priest suspended in 1986 and excommunicated in 1998, will enter into a civil union with a Filipino - irishcentral.com reports. The bonding service will take place next Monday in Larne, Co Antrim, where the former cleric regularly blesses gay and lesbian unions in his private and independent oratory. His website describes him as an "unofficial chaplain to disaffected and alienated Catholics and Christians and others from all over Ireland and further afield".
The Pope’s Detractors Cannot Sustain Their Charges
Vatican
Two weeks ago L’Osservatore Romano reprinted an article by Bernard-Henri Lévy blasting media caricatures of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Pius XII. Now, the Vatican newspaper has reprinted an article by New York-based writer Dimitri Cavalli defending the wartime Pontiff. The article originally appeared in Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper. “The campaign against Pope Pius XII is doomed to failure because his detractors cannot sustain their main charges against him -- that he was silent, pro-Nazi, and did little or nothing to help the Jews-- with evidence,” writes Cavalli. “Perhaps only in a backward world such as ours would the one man who did more than any other wartime leader to help Jews and other Nazi victims receive the greatest condemnation.”
Dramatic Growth
Russia
For the recent year, the Moscow Patriarchate has opened 900 new parishes. At the same time the total number of Russian clerics has grown for more than 1500 priests. Patriarch Kirill voiced the statistical data on Tuesday at a Bishops’ Meeting in Moscow. Today the Russian Church has When the 1000th anniversary of Russia’s Baptism was celebrated in 1988, the Moscow Patriarchate had 6893 parishes, 76 dioceses and 74 hierarchs. The total number of clerics was 7397.
French Bishops Oppose Ban on Islamic Veil
France
The French bishops oppose the proposal of Prime Minister Francois Fillon to ban the wearing of burqas in public institutions. An estimated 1,900 women in France currently wear the veils, which allow only the area around the eyes to be visible. “The French, including the Catholics among them, should not let themselves be gripped by fear or a ‘clash of civilizations’ theory,” said Bishop Michel Santier of Créteil. “If we want Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries to enjoy all their rights, we should in our country respect the rights of all believers to practice their faith.”
Former Priest enters Homosexual Union
Ireland
Pat Buckley, a priest suspended in 1986 and excommunicated in 1998, will enter into a civil union with a Filipino - irishcentral.com reports. The bonding service will take place next Monday in Larne, Co Antrim, where the former cleric regularly blesses gay and lesbian unions in his private and independent oratory. His website describes him as an "unofficial chaplain to disaffected and alienated Catholics and Christians and others from all over Ireland and further afield".