November 3rd, 2008 by Inside the Vatican Magazine
On the eve of the presidential election November 4, Archbishop Raymond Burke, in the Vatican has given an exclusive interview to Andrew Rabel, Australian Inside the Vatican Correspondent, on these and several other issues.
Burke, 60, retired in June as archbishop of…
September 6th, 2008 by Dr . Robert Moynihan
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Pope’s nuncio in the United States, will deliver a major address on the Catholic faith on September 26 at 6:30 pm in the Pryzbyla Center at The Catholic University of America, a few steps from the…
July 25th, 2008 by Dr . Robert Moynihan
MOSCOW, Russia, July 17, 2008 — Outside my window, a light rain is falling and distant thunder rumbles as I write this from the Danilovsky monastery, the five-century-old complex where the central offices of the Russian Orthodox Church are located…
July 23rd, 2008 by Dr . Robert Moynihan
MOSCOW, Russia, July 16, 2008 — A single tear. It welled up, then fell from the corner of one of the principal soloist’s eyes, glistening as it ran down her cheek.
She was a young Russian woman, dressed in a white…
July 21st, 2008 by Inside the Vatican Magazine
After week long celebrations, the final Mass of World Youth Day 2008 was celebrated by Pope Benedict in extraordinary fashion with the attendance a little over 400,000 persons at Randwick Racecourse and Centennial Park, which was a splash of color…
July 14th, 2008 by Inside the Vatican Magazine
by Andrew Rabel
Pope Benedict touched down according to schedule on Shepherd One (the papal Alitalia jet) in slightly overcast conditions at 3 pm on the afternoon of Sunday, 13 July at the Royal Australian Air force Base (RAAF) in Richmond…
June 25th, 2008 by Dr . Robert Moynihan
Stifling heat and glorious song, and prayers in Arabic and Latin, marked an historic “Mass of transition” here on June 22nd, in the land where Jesus lived.
In sweltering 100-degree heat, the Patriarch of the Latin Church in the Holy Land, Michel Sabbah,…
May 28th, 2008 by Inside the Vatican Magazine
In an unprecedented move, Pope Benedict will holiday for three days in Australia before participating in World Youth Day events in Sydney, culminating in a final Mass to be celebrated by him at Randwick Racecourse.
According to Bishop Anthony Fisher OP,…
May 23rd, 2008 by Dr. Robert Moynihan
It was confirmed Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI will pray at the tomb of Bl Mary MacKillop, when he visits Sydney in July for World Youth Day celebrations.
Mary MacKillop was a 19th century nun who was a pioneer of Australia’s Catholic…
April 18th, 2008 by Inside the Vatican Magazine
Pope Benedict spoke calmly, wisely, thoughtfully, during the quiet, festive second day of his April 15-20 visit to America. He dealt at length with the issue of priestly pedophilia, and with the challenge posed by secular culture to Christian faith.
He…
