"The embryo in the maternal womb" is not "a pile of organic material," but a "new living being, dynamic and wonderfully ordered, a new and unique individual of the human species," "so it was for Jesus in Mary's womb, so was for each of us in our mother's womb."

With these words, Pope Benedict XVI once again stressed the duty to preserve "nascent ( Read more... )

"...the Holy Father explained that "the Church's liturgical year did not initially develop on the basis of Christ's birth but on that of faith in His resurrection. Hence, the most ancient feast of Christianity is not Christmas but Easter"

VATICAN CITY, 23 DEC 2009 (VIS) - In his general audience, celebrated this morning in the Paul VI Hall, the ( Read more... )

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I guess this has become a big story and I'm not sure why.  I think people are either reading way too much into one short quote or they are misunderstanding what the Pope was trying to convey.  Some people purposely misunderstand.

I think it's more about changing peoples views toward sexuality from an anything goes mentality to a more Catholic view ( Read more... )

I'm looking forward to this. This Pope is such a great teacher.
Taken from  http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=253

There has been no official announcement from the Vatican, but Ignatius Press-- which held exclusive US rights to the written work of Cardinal Ratzinger before he became Pope-- is advertising the encyclical ( Read more... )

I previously mentioned the book and audio series Pope Fiction by catholic apologist Patrick Madrid. I have listened to several of the 16 audio files. Here are the myths and misconceptions about the papacy that Patrick covers in the talks I have listened to.  The free audio files can be found at  http://catholicaudio.blogspot.com/

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1. Peter was ( Read more... )

I recently had a brief discussion with a Christian friend of mine regarding several aspects of the Catholic faith. The topic of the Pope came up. For many non-Catholic Christians, the papacy is one doctrine that is often misunderstood.  One of the arguments that was brought up by my friend is that St. Peter was never in Rome and thus could not have ( Read more... )