Archive for August, 2008

Interview With Chastity Speaker Jason Evert
SAN DIEGO, California, JULY 12, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A recent study published by a public policy research firm that claims abstinence education programs aren’t effective, doesn’t tell the whole story, says an expert.
Jason Evert, an international chastity speaker, author and full-time apologist for Catholic Answers, disagrees with the methods and findings [...]

Interview With Father Augustine Di Noia
VATICAN CITY, JULY 10, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Some 30 years after the Second Vatican Council, the Holy See is reminding the faithful of an “essential” conciliar teaching.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released today the document titled “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the [...]

Annual Report Reveals Big Increase in Trade
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, JULY 9, 2007 (Zenit.org).- World military expenditure grew 3.5% in 2006, reaching $1,204 billion. On June 11 the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published the latest edition of its annual yearbook that provides an ample panorama of armaments and global security issues.
Last year’s increase [...]

Father John Zuhlsdorf Analyzes
ROME, JULY 8, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI’s letter on the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope John XXIII is an opportunity for Church members to widen their hearts, according to liturgy expert Father John Zuhlsdorf.
On Saturday, the Vatican released the apostolic letter issued “motu proprio,” on one’s own initiative,” titled “Summorum Pontificum,” along [...]

Churches Face Challenge in Postmodern Culture
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, JULY 8, 2007 (Zenit.org).- With just a year to go before World Youth Day takes place in Sydney, data on religion from the 2006 national census in Australia reveals several challenges facing the Church.
The June 27 press release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics explained [...]