That was the title of this year's Thomas More Lecture, delivered by Francis Cambell, the UK's Ambassador to the Holy See, on 5 November at Allen Hall Seminary in Chelsea. The full text of the lecture is below the fold....
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In the final discourse of his visit to Brescia in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI Benedict XVI told the 300 parishioners of St Anthony’s Church in Concesio that ''It's not 'easy being a Christian”. Speaking in the small village...
BRESCIA, Italy (AP) _ Pope Benedict has paid tribute to Paul VI, the pope who made him a cardinal. Thousands turned out in a chilly rain for Benedict's Mass in Paul VI Square outside the cathedral in Brescia (BREH'-shuh),...
A ''poor and free church”, capable of speaking to 'contemporary' mankind and of addressing the challenges of today: the economic crisis, immigration, interfaith dialogue. But above all the Church that is the faithful and...
BRESCIA, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets tightly about them as a chilly...
BRESCIA, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets ...
Speaking before Sunday's Angelus in the city of Brescia, Italy, the Holy Father recalled Paul VI's strong devotion to the Blessed Mother. "As his ecclesial responsibilities increased he in fact developed an ever wider vision...
Pope Benedict visits Italian roots of Paul VI, pontiff who made him cardinal in 1977 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRESCIA, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his...
BRESCIA, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets tightly about them as a chilly...
BRESCIA, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal. Thousands held umbrellas or pulled jackets tightly about them as a chilly...
Brescia, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday his own Catholic Church should do more to reach out to people in times of great challenges and to provide them with courage and support. While on a pastoral visit to the northern...