It will be the smallest group of cardinals to be created at a consistory since 1977
Topic: Pope Benedict XVI
Ignorance of faith risks creating cafeteria Catholics, says Pope
Benedict XVI urges faithful to become more familiar with the Nicene Creed
Pope’s homily on the opening of the Year of Faith
Challenge of Vatican II, he says, was to make ‘the truth and beauty of the faith shine out in our time’
Benedict XVI: ‘The documents of Vatican II are a compass for the life of the Church’
At his weekly general audience Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the importance of the Council
Pope Benedict XVI opens Year of Faith
Full text of Benedict XVI’s homily at Mass opening Year of Faith
Homily given at Mass marking 50th anniversary of Vatican II
Pope: ‘The Council Fathers neither could nor wished to create a new Church’
On eve of 50th anniversary Benedict XVI reflects on weak and strong points of Council documents
Benedict XVI: ‘Being tepid is the greatest danger for Christians’
Pope gives off-the-cuff reflection at start of the synod on new evangelisation
Pope entrusts Year of Faith and synod to Mary
Benedict XVI follows in footsteps of John XXIII 50 years ago by visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto







This Pentecost remember the Pope in your prayers and Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith