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February 11, 2013

The Pontificate of Benedict XVI: portrait of a papacy

News.va - 4 months 1 week ago
(Vatican Radio ) In a surprise announcement Benedict XVI on Monday said he plans to resign from the papal office on February 28th at 8 pm. From then on one can speak about there...

Pope Benedict XVI:a papal timeline

News.va - 4 months 1 week ago
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was elected as the successor to Pope John Paul II on April 19 th 2005. On April 24 th , he...

Benedict XVI resignation: details of press briefing

News.va - 4 months 1 week ago
(Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation from the Petrine office on Monday morning, effective February 28 th , 2013 at 8PM Rome Time. The Director of the Press...

Citing health reasons, Pope Benedict announces he will resign

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - 4 months 1 week ago
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd as he arrives to make remarks at the end of a Mass for the Knights of Malta in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 9. The pope announced...

Breaking: Pope to Resign; Consistory Called Later This Month

New Liturgical Movement - 4 months 1 week ago
Many have asked, what will the liturgical future look like after Pope Benedict XVI? Well you are about to find out, because the Pope announced yesterday that he is renouncing the...

Pope Benedict XVI Abdicates, Effective February 28

Saint Louis Catholic - 4 months 1 week ago
I have no words, but to announce the fact, which is not completely unprecedented in Church history, but still... There will be time for analysis later, now is time for prayer....

Pope Benedict XVI Resigns

A Catholic View - 4 months 1 week ago
I must admit I was truly shocked when I heard this news this morning.  But I am probably one of the few who looks at this as positive for the Church.   There are, unfortunately,...

Pope Benedict XVI Will Resign On Feb. 28

The Religion Clause - 4 months 1 week ago
Pope Benedict XVI announced (full text and audio) today that he will resign the Papacy on Feb. 28:[I]n today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of...

B16 Announces Resignation

Whispers in the Loggia - 4 months 1 week ago
Nearly eight years since his election, Pope Benedict XVI announced this morning that, at the end of the month, he will become the first Roman pontiff since Celestine V in 1294 to...

Benedict XVI intends to resign

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - 4 months 1 week ago
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict, had called the Cardinals together for a consistory. And announced that he will resign. His last day will be 28 February. Dear Brothers, I have...

Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation: live blog

Catholic Herald - 4 months 1 week ago
12.40pm Here we will try to keep readers posted on the reactions to this morning’s momentous news. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of...

A Stirring Number

Dominicana - 4 months 1 week ago
In the 1985 musical Les Miserables (recently presented in a new film adaptation), there is no shortage of stirring musical numbers. However, even by its own high standards, around...

Benedict XVI is to resign

dotCommonweal - 4 months 1 week ago
According to news reports, Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will resign at the end of the month due to health reasons.  

Pope Benedict intends to resign the Petrine Office

Communio - 4 months 1 week ago
This morning Pope Benedict XVI announced his intention to resign the petrine office. His note of intention is dated on the feast of Saint Scholastica, the twin sister of Saint...

On the Gail Buckley’s Bible Lady Radio Show Today at Noon

Accepting Abundance - 4 months 1 week ago
I am going to be on Gail Buckley’s radio show at noon today. Gail Buckley is the founder of Catholic Scripture Study International and hosts the “Bible Lady” show live every...

Parishioner's Arrest For Trespass Does Not Violate 1st or 4th Amendments

The Religion Clause - 4 months 1 week ago
In Lye v. City of Lacey, (WD WA, Feb. 8, 2013), a Washington federal district court rejected claims that police officers violated Hui Son Lye's 1st and 4th Amendment rights when...

Pope Benedict to ‘resign’ Feb. 28 – New Pope by Easter?

Defend Us in Battle - 4 months 1 week ago
If you don’t know already, I am sure you are as shocked as I am. Here is the report: Pope Benedict XVI will resign from his papal office, effective February 28 at 8:00 PM local...

Apped for Lent

CatholicMom.com - 4 months 1 week ago
When Inge posted five apps for Lent over at SQPN the other day, I knew what my post would be about today. This Lent, I plan to tighten the reins and get back into the groove of...

A Salute to Introverts (including the one within)

Snoring Scholar - 4 months 1 week ago
I’ve been fascinated with things related to personality for years. Back in my undergrad days, when I thought I would be an ag teacher someday, I studied up on learning styles....

Recent Articles of Interest

The Religion Clause - 4 months 1 week ago
From SSRN: Yossi Nehushtan, What are Conscientious Exemptions Really About?, (Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Forthcoming). Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Are Catholic Bishops Seeking...

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