Category - vatican

Cardinal still hopeful about prospects for Christian unity

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:05:02 +0000

The Vatican official responsible for links with other churches, theologian Cardinal Walter Kasper, has rejected suggestions of a "standstill" in the search for Christian unity.

Vatican makes special arrangements to aid dissident Anglicans

staff writers — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:31:00 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI announced plans to allow provisions that would accept groups of former Anglicans who wish to convert to the Roman Catholic Church, according to a statement from the Vatican.

Vatican hits out at other faiths over child abuse

staff writers — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:40:34 +0100

The Vatican's representative at the United Nations has shocked listeners by suggesting that there could be more child abuse within Protestant and Jewish communities than in the Roman Catholic Church.

Tony Blair speaks out against Vatican rejection of gay people

staff writers — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:11:58 +0100

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a Catholic convert, has said that the Vatican should rethink its negative and "entrenched" attitudes towards homosexuality.

Catholics petition for a return to the reforming spirit of Vatican II

staff writers — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:05:43 +0000

Concerned Catholics have launched a petition calling on the Church to consolidate the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, after recent papal actions that seem to point in a different direction.

London and Rome protests against Vatican political power

staff writers — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:45:04 +0000

Secularist campaigners will be marching to the Italian Embassy in London today, in a demonstration coinciding with one in Rome against the Vatican's interventions in Italian, European and global politics.

International Jewish body welcomes Vatican's action on Williamson

staff writers — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:05:52 +0000

The New York-based International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) has welcomed the Vatican's call for a Holocaust denying renegade bishop to disown his reported views.

Vatican tells Holocaust denying bishop to recant

staff writers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:29:07 +0000

Following vast international pressure and condemnation, including a sharp riposte from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Vatican says it is asking a Holocaust-denying bishop to publicly recant

Let there be solar light, says greener Vatican initiative

staff writers — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:28 +0000

The Vatican sought to up its green credentials this week by switching on its massive electricity generating solar panels on the Pope Paul VI Hall. The development is one of a series of intended environmental initiatives.

Give Lennon a chance, says leading Vatican paper

staff writers — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:05:15 +0000

It caused international uproar at the time, but the Vatican has now seen the tongue-in-cheek side of the late John Lennon's 1966 claim that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus".