Pope Benedict XVI News

ROME, ITALY, February 11 .- Politicians who consider themselves Catholic but collaborate in 'the assault against their faith' should remember they will one day have to give account for their acts before God, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois said Feb 10.

Pilgrims wave Hungarian flags as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Sunday angelus prayer in Saint Peter square at the Vatican February 12, 2012.

Nicki Minaj made a controversial entry at the Grammy Awards, walking arm in arm with a man dressed as the pope down the red carpet.

Victor Mooney, executive director of Queens, New York based - South African Arts International, hopes that Cardinal-Designate Timothy Dolan elevation this week will spur an increase in rosary collection nationwide.

I didn't go to Sunday church today, but good news, guys! We all got a dose of religion at the Grammys, where the pope showed up on the red carpet! Well, sort of: Nicki Minaj, always known for her subtle fashion choices , brought a pope look-a-like as her date, while she dressed as a Cardinal/Little Red Riding Hood hybrid.

Established in 1846, St. Mary Star of the Sea, the oldest church in the archdiocese, will become its first Minor Basilica, and the fifth in Florida.

In a rallying call to Catholic bishops around the country, a New York Cardinal-designate has written a letter criticizing President Barack Obama's recent resolution to mandate birth control in health coverage.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday launched a fresh appeal on the Syrian authorities, urging them to address the demands of protesters and put end to months-long violent uprising in the country.

The boys' grandfather Chuck Cox thanked those who had prayed for Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5. The boys' father, Josh Powell, was in a custody battle with Cox when he torched his rental home in Graham last Sunday, killing himself and the two boys.

POPE BENEDICT XVI RECEIVES DIASPORA MINISTER OF ARMENIA ARMENPRESS FEBRUARY 10, 2012 YEREVAN YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS: Pope Benedict XVI received Minister of Diaspora of Armenia Hranush Hakobian, who is in Italy for a working visit February 7-12. Press office of the ministry told Armenpress that accompanied by the Armenian ambassador to ... (more)

The press was eager to jump on initial remarks by U.S. bishops that President Obama's announcement yesterday of what the Wall Street Journal aptly described in an editorial this morning as the "Immaculate Contraception" -- namely, the idea that insurance companies would somehow pay out of their own pockets for costs relating to "contraceptive ... (more)

One dismissive reviewer of Santorum's 2005 book, "It Takes a Family," wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer that Santorum is "one of the finest minds of the thirteenth century." This is no insult: it is the heart of Santorum's appeal to conservative evangelicals.... The pundits are right about one thing: Santorum is the rock-ribbed anti-Romney ... (more)

Last Friday an Italian daily published stunning claims of a plot within the upper reaches of the Catholic Church hierarchy to kill Pope Benedict XVI, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

The Pakistani army has started court martial proceedings against a brigadier and four other officers over suspected ties to a banned extremist group that has called for ousting the U.S. VATICAN CITY - Money laundering at the Vatican bank.

In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 file photo Italian financial Police officers talk, in front of St.

Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have asked a court to dismiss their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants.

The Okanogan County prosecutor has charged a faith-healing couple with second-degree murder in the death of their 17-year-old son who had burst appendix.

President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Friday that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers and the onus would instead fall on insurers.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet presides over a penitential Mass at St. Ignatius Church in Rome on Tuesday.

Bayern supremo Uli Hoeness would not hesitate to bring in support from the Vatican as his side look to make a bid for success on three fronts Bayern Munich are willing to offer Pope Benedict XVI an honorary membership, club president Uli Hoeness has confirmed.