VATICAN LIBRARY PHOTO ALBUMS Among the precious volumes and manuscripts of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Apostolic Library) there is one little-known but fascinating and unique collection of photographs from the early years of photography and the beginning of the last century. Thanks to the academic contribution of American researcher SANDRA S. PHILLIPS, for the first time, [...]
On July 1, a revised text on Pius XII appeared in an exhibition at the Yad Yashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel. But the text is still, sadly, essentially incorrect. Old text: Pope Pius XII Pius XII’s reaction to the murder of the Jews during the Holocaust is a matter of controversy. In 1933, when he was [...]
The work schedule of the Swiss Guards is rigorous: all day and all night, in turns, the 100 or so Guards stand vigilant around Vatican City to protect the Pope and the central offices of the Church. There are six days of service, then three days “in reserve” (servizio di riserva). This is the regular work [...]
Dr. John Parkes is an occupational and environmental physician and public health physician in private practice in Melbourne. He is involved in the full range of occupational medicine, including occupational injury management and rehabilitation, pre-employment and periodic medical examinations, health surveillance, fitness for duty assessments, secondary referrals, providing advice to industry, workplace assessments, risk assessments, investigations [...]
The personal ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross was established for Australia on June 15, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI. This follows ordinariates that have been established in the United Kingdom and the United States, following the promulgation of his apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus on November 4, 2009. On this day, the former Bishop [...]
Benedict XVI visits Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Yashem, on May 11, 2009. Visiting Israel’s World Holocaust Center, Yad Vashem, on September 5, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi wrote in the memorial book a sentence of Italian writer and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi’s: “If understanding is impossible, knowing is necessary.” A fuller quotation might [...]
At the Heart of the Gospel: Reclaiming the Body for the New Evangelization is Christopher West’s latest answer to those of us who do not believe his teaching is an accurate interpretation of the Catechesis on Human Love of Blessed John Paul II (commonly referred to as the Theology of the Body [TOB]). Though eloquently argued, [...]
The church, dedicated to the Virgin of Fatima, has arisen where Stalin’s regime imprisoned thousands... In the heart of the ancient Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, in Karaganda (northern Kazakhstan), a work of art in the shape of a cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima was consecrated on Sunday, September 9, 2012. The new [...]
Pope Benedict XVI on September 19, speaking in Rome, said his 3-day trip to Lebanon convinced him that now is the time for Christians and Muslims to bear witness together against violence and in favor of dialogue and peace. In Lebanon, he said, Muslims “welcomed me with great respect,” and their presence at each of his [...]
“Let us turn now to Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady of Lebanon. Let us ask her to intercede with her divine Son for you and, more particularly, for the people of Syria and the neighbouring countries, imploring the gift of peace.”-Benedict XVI - Angelus, Beirut, September 16, 2012 When Pope Benedict XVI [...]