"There are many expectations for this meeting. Among them there is that of renewing the brotherhood between Christians and Muslims in the one God." So spoke the Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, vice-president of Coreis Italy (Islamic Religious Community) and a member of the Islamic delegation who is attending a meeting tomorrow at the Vatican […]

The right to life, from the time of conception to natural death, is a right that keeps being violated, even now. This was said by mgr. Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, as he spoke on October 28th during the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly in New […]

"The situation is still uncertain, and uncertainties about the future are still substantial": Joaquin Almunia, commissioner for monetary affairs, presents the economic forecasts for the euro-zone and the 27-EU, and insists on the general crisis that affects all the productive systems, trade, public budgets and the consumption of European families. In 2008, economic growth in […]

"The Vatican main purpose during the Second World War was to assist the victims of the conflict, the prisoners and the missing soldiers with a network providing humanitarian aid regardless of the race and the creed of the recipients. The help given to Jews was part of this action." This is what the historian Matteo […]

In some of his notes, Pope Pius XII describes what he has seen for four times on October 30 and 31 and on November 1 and 8, 1950, in the Vatican gardens on the proclamation day of the Assumption dogma (November 1) when he declared he had seen the so-called ‘Dance of the Sun’ who […]

"The world believes those who live long are lucky, but God looks at one’s heart righteousness rather than at one’s age. The world gives praise to people who are ‘wise’ and ‘learned’, but God likes ‘the children’ best." This is what Pope Benedict XVI said in today’s homily at the Vatican during the Mass for […]

In the Mass for the soul of the Cardinals and Bishops deceased over the past year, Benedict XVI said in his homily that "God is true wisdom that will never age, is a treasure that will never be depleted, is the happiness the human heart is longing for. This reality, which is permeating the Book […]

"The respect of the mutuality principle is not preliminary to dialogue, it does not respond to the ‘Do ut des’ principle (I will give you if you give me). It would be anti-Christian". With these words, card. Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Papal Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, presents in an interview with the French newspaper […]

The meeting between the Vatican leaders and the delegates of the group of 138 Muslim Wise Men who signed the letter "A Word between us" "is a new chapter in a long history" of dialogue between the Catholic world and the Muslim world. With these words, card. Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Papal Council for […]

According to Benedict XVI, "the expression ‘eternal life’ is intended to give a name to this irrepressible expectation: not an endless succession, but immersion in the ocean of infinite love, in which time, before and after, no longer exist. A fullness of life and joy: this is what we hope for and anticipate from our […]