Cardinal Kurt Koch of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity says the Pope has launched a new liturgical reform
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Vatican tells bishops: be generous with the traditional Latin Mass
Seminaries should train priests in the Extraordinary Form ‘if pastoral needs suggest it’, the Vatican’s instruction says
Pilgrims remember John Paul II at vigil
Crowd of 200,000 in Rome hear testimonies from John Paul II’s close friends and from the Sister cured of Parkinson’s thanks to his intercession
John Paul II’s legacy will last for centuries, says papal biographer
George Weigel says it will be several hundred years before the Church ‘takes on board’ the depth and breadth of the late pope’s teaching
Pope addresses suffering in historic television appearance
Benedict XVI answered questions posed by Christians and non-Christians
Libyan bishop claims ‘dozens’ of civilians killed in air strikes
Apostolic vicar of Tripoli says collapse of one building killed 40 people
Pope calls for suspension of fighting in Libya
Archbishop Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Britain, is to represent the Vatican at an international conference on Libya tomorrow
Vatican talks are almost over, says head of SSPX
Bishop Fellay points to problems created by John Paul II beatification and interreligious gathering in Assisi









Pope Francis, as I hoped, will complete Pope Benedict’s unfinished encyclical: it will be a striking illustration of the hermeneutic of continuity
By John Thavis