“Christians must not be tepid. This is the most serious threat to Christianity nowadays: tepidity discredits Christianity.” With these words Benedict XVI opened the first session of the Synod on the New Evangelization attended by 262 bishops from all over the world. “Fire,” the Pope said, “is light, warmth and transforming power: civilization began when man discovered [...]
The possibility of an official meeting between Benedict XVI and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is an idea which crops up in the international media from time to time. For example, in Zenit’s report on September 19, Russian Orthodox Hieromonk Giovanni Guaita said such a meeting is “an eventuality that was never [...]
In early October, an important two-day conference was held in Rome on the role of Mary in the New Evangelization. A call for the consecration of Russia to Mary’s Heart. An international symposium dedicated to the study of Mary and her cultural and theological significance throughout history was held at the Centro Russia Ecumenica in [...]