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Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.... more

If you’re not praying already, you might want to consider starting sometime around now. From Yahoo News (HT Dead Ringa): Oct. 6 - VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition. Benedict says that ’now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears,...... more

The Beeb says Pope Benedict “criticizes the pursuit of wealth.” Here’s what he actually said, at the beginning of the Synod of Bishops gathered in Rome. (The VIS report  on this will be available online soon. This is from the early press release.) In some brief opening remarks, Benedict XVI pointed out how “at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord speaks of two ways of building the house of one’s life: on sand or on rock. Those who build on ... more

[ Quote: ] In conclusion Pope Benedict, said today’s younger generations are exposed to a double risk, largely due to the widespread use of new technologies: on one hand, noted Pope Benedict there is a danger that the students capacity for concentration and mental application on a personal level are reduced; on the other hand there is a danger that the students isolate themselves in an increasingly virtual reality. What he really means, of course, is that new technologies make informat... more

Pope Benedict: teh internets are teh suck : AKMA sez, “Benedict XVI, whom I actually admire a lot as popes go, has lapsed into the tedious reflex of blaming digital technology for the decadence of youth. Vatican Radio reports that Benedict met…... more

AKMA sez, "Benedict XVI, whom I actually admire a lot as popes go, has lapsed into the tedious reflex of blaming digital technology for the decadence of youth. Vatican Radio reports that Benedict met with professors and students in Parma, and warned them that because of digital technology, ’students’ capacity for concentration and mental application on a personal level are reduced; on the other hand there is a danger that the students isolate themselves in an increasingly virtual rea... more

While Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki promised an all-out effort to secure the release of kidnapped Archbishop Paulos Faraj Raho, the prelate’s abductors contacted Church officials in ...... more

Five representatives of the "Common Word" initiative are in Rome this week, meeting with Vatican officials to prepare for a meeting at which Pope Benedict XVI will speak with Islamic ...... more

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone left Rome on Tuesday morning, March 4, for a visit to Armenia. The Vatican Secretary of State had originally planned to begin his trip on March 2, but he ...... more

Cardinal Antonio Maria Ruoco Varela of Madrid has been elected president of the Spanish bishops’ conference, thus regaining the leadership role that he held from 1999 until ...... more