Tag: pope benedict xvi

The Catholic News Agency is reporting that the man who hijacked a plane over Italy did not do so in protest to the Holy Father’s visit to Turkey, but instead, he sought help as he did not want to fight in the Turkish Army. The man, who would probably fit in well with the folks…

I’m not here to voice support for Pope Benedict XVI’s statements in Germany that has caused the uproar in the Muslim community. Nor am I here to dictate to the Pontiff that he should apologize or do anything else. The point of his speech was to focus on God and violence as being incompatible. Violence…

According to the Catholic News Agency, Pope Benedict XVI’s parents met through a singles ad in a Catholic publication. Perhaps, more interesting, he didn’t know it himself until recently discovered. London, Sep. 11, 2006 (CNA) – Pope Benedict XVI and his brother, Fr. Georg Ratzinger, 82, were surprised to learn this week that their parents,…

It has been reported that Pope Benedict XVI has dropped the title “Patriarch of the West” from his list of official titles. I’m still reading up more on this to understand the decision but in short, it looks like he’s trying to smooth things over with the Orthodox and Eastern Rites. The use of “Patriarch”…

As you may know, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, released his first Encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, that is, God Is Love. I haven’t read all of it so I’m refraining from comment but I do have a question. In Part 1, Section 11, the Holy Father refers to Adam and his way of finding…

May I also suggest that our human dignity is all that any of us really have. We “own” many things- cars, computers, homes, textbooks, large debts, memories, loved ones. We claim these things to be our own- whether it be actual possession or not. The simple truth is that at the end of the Day,…