For several days, leading Catholic and Orthodox theologians have been meeting in Vienna to discuss the issues which divide the two Churches. The meeting is focusing on the question of papal primacy. The ultimate goal: to end the “Great Schism”…

Today in Italy, Italian finance police seized about $30 million of funds held in a Vatican bank account in an Italian bank.
The action raises the spectre of another scandal, this time financial, in addition to years of scandal involving…

The Pope in Birmingham, September 19, 2010
Day #4 of the Visit to Scotland and England
Today in Birmingham, England, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass in which he raised to the honors of the altars the great 19th century…

On Friday, September 17, Pope Benedict met with the head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.
The Pope and the Archbishop both addressed the assembled Catholic and Anglcian bishops of England, Scotland, and Wales, meeting…

Today’s papal visit to England includes four main “moments,” two of which have already occurred, and two of which are about to occur: (1) a meeting with the students and teachers of British Catholic schools in Twickenham, just outside London,…

The Pope in Edinburgh and Glasgow, September 16, 2010
Today’s papal visit to Scotland, which began at about 10:30 a.m., had five main “moments”: (1) the landing in Edinburgh’s airport; (2) the meeting with the Queen at her residence…

With a remarkable address on September 9 in England, a Russian Orthodox archbishop may have brought an era in Christian ecumenical dialogue — barring an abrupt “about-face” in the attitudes of the parties — to a close.
The post-Vatican II…

The world’s media continue to frame Pope Benedict’s upcoming trip to England and Scotland — the trip begins in just two days — in the context of the sexual abuse scandal.
They are hammering, hammering, hammering on this point.
They…

Nagasaki was not the primary intended target on August 9; Kokura was.  Kokura was a smaller city.  The exact intended target was Kokura Arsenal, the biggest arms factory in western Japan, which produced missiles, aircraft, and weaponry for the army,…

Over the next few weeks, the press will focus ever more attention on Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Great Britain (Scotland and England) from September 16 to 19.
In this regard, I feel it is important to make two points.…