Archive for June, 2008

Interview With John Kenney, an Augustinian Scholar
BURLINGTON, Vermont, JUNE 19, 2007 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI is moving the Church away from religion, in the modern sense of the term, and toward a deeper understanding of Christianity, says an Augustinian scholar.
In this interview with ZENIT, John Peter Kenney, professor of Religious Studies at St. Michael’s [...]

Interview With Director of Linacre Center
LONDON, JUNE 18, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Rational arguments need to take priority in the debate on bioethical issues, says the director of the Linacre Center for Healthcare Ethics.
Helen Watt, of the only Catholic bioethics center in the United Kingdom and Ireland, recently spoke to ZENIT about the opportunity Catholics now have [...]

New Studies Reveal Close Relationship
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, JUNE 18, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The fortunes of family life and religion may well be linked, say experts in recent studies. W. Bradford Wilcox, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is the author of a research brief published in May by the Institute for [...]

“What the World Needs Now … Is Faith”
CARDIFF, Wales, JUNE 16, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor’s talk to the Muslim Council of Wales on June 9 at the University of Cardiff.
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“Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Interreligious Dialogue”
Vice-Chancellor,
Secretary General,
Archbishop Smith,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is very good to be here with you today. [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 15, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Mother Angelica remains relevant to people because they can’t turn away from her directness, her passion and her lovable humor, says friend and biographer Raymond Arroyo.
Arroyo, director of EWTNews and host of “The World Over,” is the author and editor of two books on the woman religious. “Mother Angelica: [...]