Posts Tagged ‘Pope Benedict’

Pastoral Letter on New Evangelization

Pastoral Letter from the Prelate on the New Evangelization, dated 2 October 2011 On 2 October 2011, date on which the Prelature commemorated another anniversary of the Foundation of Opus Dei, Msgr. Javier Echevarría issued a Pastoral Letter addressed to the faithful of the Prelature, in which he outlines specific aspects of formation related to [...]

madrid11.com Message for 26th World Youth Day

Madrid, Madrid, here we come! Pope’s Message for JMJ 2011   “…we are looking forward to the next World Youth Day, to be held in Madrid in August 2011. … Now, at a time when Europe greatly needs to rediscover its Christian roots, our meeting will take place in Madrid with the theme: “Planted and built up [...]

Pope launches news.va

Pope Benedict launches Vatican News website news.va “Dear Friends, I just launched news.va Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI” says the historic tweet / banner of the newly launched Vatican News website Twitter account: news_va_en (English) The video the Pope included as he launched the new site with [...]

Jesus of Nazareth Vol. 2

Jesus of Nazareth Vol. 2 – Lent           For Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, and who rose from the dead in triumph over sin and death. For non-Christians, he is almost anything else–a myth, a political revolutionary, a prophet [...]

YouCat

Benedict XVI describes new Youth Catechism (YouCat) as “extraordinary” and “gripping” The Pope has great expectations for the “Youcat,” a text designed to teach young people the ABC’s of Catholicism using a language tailored to their generation. The 300-page volume is the new and official Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church. A team has produced [...]