A Palestinian driving a construction vehicle went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street today, plowing into a string of vehicles and pedestrians killing three people and wounding 45 others.
Pope Benedict said on Wednesday that during the Pauline Year, he will dedicate his weekly General Audiences to the Apostle of the Gentiles. We have this report... Greeting Pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience hall, Pope Benedict announced a new
Pope Benedict will remain in his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo until he leaves for Australia for World Youth Day on July 12th. The summer residence, located 30 kilometre southeast of Rome, has been used off and on by the
A state of emergency has been declared in the central Asian country of Mongolia, after five people died and more than 300 others were injured in a riot in the capital, Ulaanbator, over alleged fraud in a weekend election. Chris
One of the 40 Metropolitan Archbishops to receive the pallium from Pope Benedict on Sunday was the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal. Patriarch Twal is a native of Jordan, and was named coadjutor archbishop of Jerusalem in 2005. He assumed
Paul was able to appeal to these currents of thought in his presentation of the Good News. Against this broad cultural background, Paul developed his teaching, which we will explore in the catecheses of this Pauline Year. * * *
The penalties callously doled out to Sister Louise Lears - a woman who has dedicated her entire life to serve the Church - is a prime example of the way women are often wrongly treated by the Catholic hierarchy, where
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe today under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government in the wake of his re-election in an uncontested runoff coloured by violent intimidation.
The theme for the Pope's message marking the World Day of Peace celebrated on January 1st 2009 will be "Fighting Poverty, to build Peace". With this theme, the Holy Father intends to underline the urgent necessity of a response to
The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for an end to indiscriminate attacks in Sri Lanka which it says have killed at least 80 civilians since April. Hear more..
In Nepal today, 62 year old Salesian Fr. John Prakash was murdered by members of a group calling itself the Nepal Defence Army, which attacked the Salesians' mission in Sirsia shortly after dawn this morning. The group, which aims to
