Pope says he hopes to carry on progress of Catholic-Jewish relations since the Second Vatican Council
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Benedict XVI: I am beginning the last stage of my pilgrimage on earth
Benedict XVI delivers his final words as Pope to cheering pilgrims at Castel Gandolfo
Rock band plays concert for Vatican officials
The band’s singer tells audience how he swapped ‘alcohol, drugs and women’ for joy of faith
Pope meets Communist leader from Vietnam for first time
Meeting comes as restrictions on Catholics in some parts of Vietnam are being eased
Lance Armstrong’s doping reflects ‘rotten’ cycling world, says Vatican official
Sports official in the Pontifical Council for Culture says commercial pressures reduce athletes to commodities
SSPX leader calls Jewish people ‘enemies of the Church’
Bishop Fellay made the comment during a two-hour talk in Canada
Pope declares Paul VI lived a life of heroic virtue
The Italian pope, who reigned from 1963 to 1978, will now be known as ‘Venerable’
Prefect of the CDF says seeing Vatican II as a ‘rupture’ is heresy
Archbishop Müller says ‘hermeneutic of reform in continuity’ was the only possible interpretation
Benedict XVI forced to cancel peace mission to Syria
Instead the Pope is giving £600,000 in aid and sending a cardinal to visit refugees in Lebanon









Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/05/13
By Carol Glatz