The bells of St. Peter‘s are ringing and the crowds are cheering. Just moments after 7 p.m. local time, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel indicated “Habemus Papam.” We have a Pope! Zenit
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are…
Fragments of bone which have been kept in an underground sarcophagus for nearly 2,000 years have been identified as the remains of St Paul. Pope Benedict XVI said scientific tests confirmed shards found in the underground chamber at the church of Saint Paul was said to have been buried with Saint Peter in a catacomb…
