Jewish-Vatican
JERUSALEM, JAN. 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).-
T
he sources of tension in Jewish-Vatican relations are many, and Jesuit Father David Neuhaus calls this a moment for "patience, wisdom and prayer."
Father Neuhaus, the secretary-general of the Hebrew-speaking Catholic Vicariate in Israel, known also as the Association of St. James, told ZENIT he was "following with great sadness and anxiety the deterioration of relations between the Holy See and the Israeli Chief Rabbinate."
Relations between the two came to a breaking point this week in the wake of the Vatican's announcement Saturday that lifted the excommunication of holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X.
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US Women Religious
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 30, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has begun a comprehensive study of institutes of women religious in the United States.
The congregation's prefect, Cardinal Franc Rodé, initiated the action with a decree issued Dec. 22, 2008, and officially launched today at a press conference held in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The visitation will look into the quality of the life of women religious in the United States.
Cardinal Rodé appointed Mother Mary Clare Millea, superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as apostolic visitator. Mother Millea heads her congregation that counts on 1,250 professed sisters worldwide, including 135 in the United States.
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The congregation's prefect, Cardinal Franc Rodé, initiated the action with a decree issued Dec. 22, 2008, and officially launched today at a press conference held in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The visitation will look into the quality of the life of women religious in the United States.
Cardinal Rodé appointed Mother Mary Clare Millea, superior general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as apostolic visitator. Mother Millea heads her congregation that counts on 1,250 professed sisters worldwide, including 135 in the United States.
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Troubled Marriages
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 29, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The value of Christian marriage runs the risk of being practically destroyed if the sacrament is declared null because of pretexts, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this today when he addressed the Roman Rota at the beginning of the juridical year. In his reflection, he noted that many topics could be considered, but he chose an evaluation of the implementation of two addresses given by Pope John Paul II more than 20 years ago on the theme of marriage impediments due to psychological problems.
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The Pope affirmed this today when he addressed the Roman Rota at the beginning of the juridical year. In his reflection, he noted that many topics could be considered, but he chose an evaluation of the implementation of two addresses given by Pope John Paul II more than 20 years ago on the theme of marriage impediments due to psychological problems.
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