Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. George. The Sole Root of all Vices Vatican Yesterday at the general audience, Pope Benedict XVI illustrated the figure of Ambrose Autpert, an 8th century monk who …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. George.
The Sole Root of all Vices
Vatican
Yesterday at the general audience, Pope Benedict XVI illustrated the figure of Ambrose Autpert, an 8th century monk who spoke of greed as "the sole root of all vices." The Holy Father inviting everyone to follow the teachings of Ambrose and recalled that only love is the key to reaching true knowledge of God. At the end of the audience, Benedict entrusted to the young people the cross of World Youth Day, which John Paul II gave to them 25 years ago, "so that many young people may discover the mercy of God and revive within their hearts hope in Christ crucified and risen."
Roman Cardinal Celebrates Old Mass
Italy
On April 21, the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, celebrated a Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Cathedral of St. Giovanni in Lateran. The Mass was celebrated on the occasion to mark the anniversary of the City of Rome.
New Liturgical Consultors
Vatican
Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI made two appointments for Consultors to the Congregation for Divine Worship. The first is Mons. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, Vicar General of the Arcidiocese of Toledo (Spain). Mons. Ferrer is known as co-organiser and participant in training workshops for the Extraordinary Form in Toledo. The second new Consultor is Mons. Wilhelm Imkamp. He is known as the rector of the pilgrimage church of Maria Vesperbild in the diocese of Augsburg, Germany, where he strongly encourages the reform of the reform, including celebration of the Ordinary Form ad orientem and the regular celebration of the Extraordinary Form.
Just Another Way for Some Human Beings to Use and Mistreat Others
USA
Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement on April 21 criticizing the National Institutes of Health’s new draft guidelines for embryonic stem-cell research. “New draft guidelines for federally funded stem cell research involving the destruction of human embryos, released Friday by the National Institutes of Health, mark a new chapter in divorcing biomedical research from its necessary ethical foundation,” the Cardinal said. “Without unconditional respect for the life of each and every member of the human race, research involving human subjects does not represent true progress. It becomes another way for some human beings to use and mistreat others for their own goals.”
The Sole Root of all Vices
Vatican
Yesterday at the general audience, Pope Benedict XVI illustrated the figure of Ambrose Autpert, an 8th century monk who spoke of greed as "the sole root of all vices." The Holy Father inviting everyone to follow the teachings of Ambrose and recalled that only love is the key to reaching true knowledge of God. At the end of the audience, Benedict entrusted to the young people the cross of World Youth Day, which John Paul II gave to them 25 years ago, "so that many young people may discover the mercy of God and revive within their hearts hope in Christ crucified and risen."
Roman Cardinal Celebrates Old Mass
Italy
On April 21, the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, celebrated a Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Cathedral of St. Giovanni in Lateran. The Mass was celebrated on the occasion to mark the anniversary of the City of Rome.
New Liturgical Consultors
Vatican
Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI made two appointments for Consultors to the Congregation for Divine Worship. The first is Mons. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, Vicar General of the Arcidiocese of Toledo (Spain). Mons. Ferrer is known as co-organiser and participant in training workshops for the Extraordinary Form in Toledo. The second new Consultor is Mons. Wilhelm Imkamp. He is known as the rector of the pilgrimage church of Maria Vesperbild in the diocese of Augsburg, Germany, where he strongly encourages the reform of the reform, including celebration of the Ordinary Form ad orientem and the regular celebration of the Extraordinary Form.
Just Another Way for Some Human Beings to Use and Mistreat Others
USA
Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement on April 21 criticizing the National Institutes of Health’s new draft guidelines for embryonic stem-cell research. “New draft guidelines for federally funded stem cell research involving the destruction of human embryos, released Friday by the National Institutes of Health, mark a new chapter in divorcing biomedical research from its necessary ethical foundation,” the Cardinal said. “Without unconditional respect for the life of each and every member of the human race, research involving human subjects does not represent true progress. It becomes another way for some human beings to use and mistreat others for their own goals.”