2013-02-25T12:55:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 25, 2013 at 12:55 pm   By

Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb 25, 2013 / 05:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has accepted Cardinal Keith P. O’Brien’s resignation, and the cardinal has announced he will not attend the conclave. "Approaching the age of seventy-f... Read more

2013-02-25T11:31:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 25, 2013 at 11:31 am   By

Vatican City, Feb 25, 2013 / 04:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican Secretary of State has written to the world’s nuns and monks to ask for their prayers for the conclave to elect his successor “The Holy Father is certain that you, in you... Read more

2013-02-24T23:03:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 11:03 pm   By

Pasadena, Calif., Feb 24, 2013 / 04:03 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict has been a leader devoted to ecumenical efforts, according to a professor of Christian history and ecumenism at Fuller Theological Seminary, a Protestant school in Pasadena, Calif. &ldq... Read more

2013-02-24T22:52:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 10:52 pm   By

Vatican City, Feb 24, 2013 / 03:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The conclave to choose the next Pope will likely begin between March 9th and 11th. A Vatican official speaking on background to CNA said Feb. 24 that the dates being discussed for the start of t... Read more

2013-02-24T22:16:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 10:16 pm   By

Vatican City, Feb 24, 2013 / 03:16 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI will issue a motu proprio on Feb. 25, clearing the way for the College of Cardinals to choose a date in early March to begin the conclave for electing his successor. According ... Read more

2013-02-24T20:12:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 8:12 pm   By

Vatican City, Feb 24, 2013 / 01:12 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI's successor will soon be elected during a conclave, a secret vote of cardinals that will occur in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel next month. The number of cardinal-electors, who wi... Read more

2013-02-24T13:02:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 1:02 pm   By

Denver, Colo., Feb 24, 2013 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Among Welsh Catholics, as well as those in England, March 1 is the liturgical celebration of Saint David of Wales. St. David is the patron of the Welsh people, remembered as a missionary bishop... Read more

2013-02-24T12:05:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 24, 2013 at 12:05 pm   By

Vatican City, Feb 24, 2013 / 05:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Around 120,000 pilgrims heard Pope Benedict XVI deliver his last Angelus address, in which he said that “the Lord called me to ‘climb the mountain,’ to devote myself even more to... Read more

2013-02-23T23:12:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 23, 2013 at 11:12 pm   By

Washington D.C., Feb 23, 2013 / 04:12 pm (CNA).- New governmental reports on sexual behavior in America show significant rises in both sexually-transmitted infections and use of emergency contraception in recent years. Government estimates “sho... Read more

2013-02-23T20:04:00+00:00

Last updated on: February 23, 2013 at 8:04 pm   By

Tucson, Ariz., Feb 23, 2013 / 01:04 pm (CNA).- When coaches and athletes are preparing to head to the Olympic Games, they certainly long for the thrill of victory and don’t even want to consider the agony of defeat. But what of the challenge of e... Read more

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