Category - vatican

Mennonites and Catholics make joint peace commitment

staff writers — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:03:48 +0100

The Vatican and Mennonite World Conference representatives who met in Rome in October 2007 to prepare theological reflections on peacemaking have made available the full statement and background material.

Vatican commends greener summer holidays

agency reporter — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:31:15 +0100

As the summer holiday season draws near for many, the Vatican has issued a set of guidelines offering advice on how to make vacations more environmentally responsible and friendly.

Radical ex-bishop ends one party rule in Paraguay

staff writers — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:15:32 +0100

A former Catholic bishop who has campaigned vigorously for the poor has won Paraguay's presidential election to end more than 60 years of monopoly rule by the party that once backed vicious dictator General Alfredo Stroessner.

Ask tough questions about religion, says Vatican cardinal

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:32:45 +0100

Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, from the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, has said religions should be prepared to ask tough questions. He says it is unrealistic to pretend there is only one global faith.

Vatican seeks broad-based global exchange with Muslims

staff writers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:27:12 +0000

A small number of fficials from the Vatican and senior Muslims are holding a two-day meeting in Rome this week, with the intention of laying the foundations for a major global Catholic-Islamic exchange later in 2008.

Vatican visit to Cuba coincides with Castro stepping down

staff writers — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:32:54 +0000

As Cubans absorbed the news that communist leader Fidel Castro had stepped down, Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, prepared to welcome Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, as he visits the country.

Vatican observer at UN raises employment and job security concerns

staff writers — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:41:49 +0000

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, has spoken up for employment and workers' rights at a gathering on social and economic development from 6-15 February 2008.

Vatican paper abandons black-and-white view of the world

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:27:02 +0000

The Vatican daily newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, seen as required reading for those wanting to know the standpoint of the Holy See, but also known for an austere black and white layout, is appearing in colour for the first time.

Further thawing of relations between Vatican and Orthodox Moscow Patriarchate

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:01:53 +0000

A senior leader of the Russian Orthodox Church met last week with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, a visit seen as adding credence to reports of a thaw in relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Roman Catholic Church.

Vatican recognises importance of Global Christian Forum

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:23:38 +0000

A senior Vatican official has said the Roman Catholic Church welcomes a new Global Christian Forum which has been hailed as the most representative gathering of Christians from many diverse traditions ever held. It is taking place in Kenya.