US author George Weigel says the late pope faced a full-scale war launched by Communism against the Catholic Church
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Benedict XVI has busy calendar for 2011
Friday, 31 December 2010
The Pontiff will make four foreign trips next year, including one to Benin
Pope signs new measures to guarantee financial transparency in the Vatican
Friday, 31 December 2010
Benedict XVI establishes unprecedented Vatican oversight agency
Pope has lunch with hundreds of poor people at Vatican
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Event marks 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth
Vatican: Pope’s words on condoms do not mark change in Church teaching
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issues clarification about Benedict XVI’s remarks in Light of the World
In new book, Pope says abuse crisis left him ‘stunned’
Monday, 22 November 2010
In a wide-ranging and candid interview the Pope describes crisis as ‘a tremendous cloud of filth which darkens everything’
Pope writes letter to world’s seminarians
Monday, 18 October 2010
Holy Father recalls his difficult path to priesthood in Nazi Germany
Pope canonises Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint
Monday, 18 October 2010
Pope Benedict XVI proclaims six new saints, including a Canadian brother known as the ‘Miracle Man of Montreal’
Pope unveils agency to promote ‘new evangelisation’
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Pope Benedict XVI says new pontifical council aimed at re-evangelising the west will help ‘remake the Christian fabric of society’
Pope condemns ‘false god’ of terrorism
Monday, 11 October 2010
At opening of Middle East Synod Pope Benedict warns of ‘false gods’ that beset the modern world, including terrorism and drug abuse
Our political masters need to get this: theological problems can only have theological solutions
By John Thavis