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"It is as if every year Our Lady invited us to rediscover the beauty of this prayer, so simple and profound. The rosary is a contemplative and Christocentric prayer, inseparable from the meditation of Sacred Scripture; is the prayer of the Christian who advances in the pilgrimage of faith, in the

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI has kicked off a week long, 24 hours a day, televised reading of the whole of the Bible repleat with 1,200 readers who range from opera singers, former prime ministers, to your average Italian Jesepe. I can remember times when my Catholic brothers and sisters never once cracked the pages of their Bibles.

Blogging will be light, so here are some interesting stories to check out Apparently, Pope Benedict XVI began a televised reading of all 73 books of the Bible yesterday. Yes, I said “73 books of the Bible” — Protestants who cling to the incomplete canon might do well to tune in to the broadcasts and learn just what they’re missing.

Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition, stating that "now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance."

Less than a week after we noted that Pope Benedict XVI, who's looking mighty sad these days, should be doing things other than reading the Bible with celebrities for a week straight on Italian television, the pontiff heeded our call and expressed an almost Marxist sentiment at yesterday's meeting

The new UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (pictured above) was rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering kidney pain. He will undergo a procedure later to remove a kidney stone. He was discharged from St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London, so that he could attend his first  ‘economic war cabinet’ meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

From Zenit. Note how often the Pope says that the Word of God is the ultimate reality. That’s the key to understanding what he’s saying. The current economic crisis shows the importance of building our lives on the firm foundation of the Word, Benedict XVI affirmed on the first day of the synod of bishops.

Evangelization and Truth | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. | Homiletic & Pastoral Review | October 2008 The Christian spirit has always been animated by a passion to lead all humanity to Christ in the Church.

Whom or What Do You Trust – Revisited in the Context of the Financial Markets What fears are flooding so many right now? How does such a sight grab people? Is it real? People forget that they watched fortunes go up nearly triple from 1995-2000, more than ever before in a five year period.

Pope Benedict's book an antidote to The Da Vinci Code Submitted by Mohit Joshi on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 14:40. Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City Vatican City  - Pope Benedict XVI's bestselling book, Jesus of Nazareth, can help thwart the "confusion" caused by books such as US author Dan Brown's The Da Vinci code, a top Roman Catholic cleric suggested Monday.