Vatican slams Khadafi call for Muslim Europe

Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples secretary, Archbishop Robert Sarah has criticised Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s call for Islam to become the religion of all of Europe, labelling it disrespectful to the Pope and Catholic Italy.

Vatican approves new US missal

The Holy See has given its final approval to a new English translation of the Roman Missal for the US.

Video - Pope Benedict XVI - My Vatican

A feature by Journeyman Pictures on Vatican City, guided by then-Cardinal are Joseph Ratzinger.

Debate rages over China bishop’s installation

The installation of Coadjutor Bishop Francis An Shuxin as the bishop of Baoding’s ‘open’ Church community has continued to provoke intense debate.

Vatican’s website revamp

The Vatican’s website is reportedly undergoing an “extensive redesign”, according to a Catholic News Agency report.

Mangalorean makes waves in the Vatican

Each Sunday, as the world stretches its way to a lazy holiday, Fr Eugene Lobo at the Indian section of the English programme at Radio Vaticana puts on the headphones and faces the microphone. (Leena Mudbidri, Times of India)

US case against Vatican withdrawn

Three American men who sued the Vatican in a US court for sexual abuses by Catholic priests are seeking to withdraw the case.

Vatican mulls Russian, Arabic for website

The Vatican plans to revamp its official website and is considering opening sections in Arabic and Russian, L’Osservatore Romano reports.

Vietnam - the price of a diplomatic accord

The desire of the political authorities to supervise and determine the appointment of Catholic bishops is not the sole prerogative of China, as wwww.chiesa showed in a recent article. It is also seen in Vietnam. (Sandro Magister, chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it)

American secretary for Congregation for Religious

Pope Benedict has named American Redemptorist Father Joseph William Tobin, as Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

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