After 13 hours of negotiation, Brussels gave the green light to the second round of aid to Greece. While they claimed to be aware of the efforts made by Athens, the ministers of Finance of the Eurozone asked for new interventions and continuous monitoring by the international authorities. This de facto compulsory administration does not scare Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos who said he was “very satisfied” with the outcome of the summit. Satisfaction was also expressed by the other heads...

Everything in the Church is founded upon faith: love and authority, evangelization and charity, the sacraments and the liturgy. In reminding the new Cardinals created in the Consistory on Saturday of this,  Benedict XVI  asked of them “an additional readiness to be of service to Christ and to the entire Christian community”.This readiness “to serve the Gospel”, he explained further,  must be “firmly founded upon the certitude of faith”. The Pontiff celebrated Mass with the new Cardinals in the...

"The unity of the Church is a divine gift to be protected and developed”, the Holy Father said to the22  new Cardinals and their relatives and faithful whom he received on Monday morning, 20 February, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. The following is a translation of the Pope’s Address, which was given in various languages. I am pleased to extend a warm greeting to the English-speaking Prelates whom I had the joy of raising to the dignity of Cardinal in Saturday’s Consistory: Cardinal Edwin Frederick...

It is no longer only Africa and other distant lands to be evangelized that are on the horizon. Today Comboni's traditional ideal missionary, summed up in his motto “Saving Africa with Africa”, must reckon with the new reality of secularization that is rapidly invading regions and territories of ancient Christian faith. In this perspective, from 7 to 17 February, the Combonian European Assembly for Missionary Animation and Evangelization was held in Pesaro, Italy. About 50 missionaries who have...