Archive for January, 2009

Catholics Journalists Rallying the Faithful
By Elizabeth Lev
ROME, OCT. 18, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Our modern media age has given us much to be skeptical about. Poorly informed scandal-mongering often seems to rule the day, and we tend to view journalists with a jaundiced eye, particularly in what often passes for Catholic journalism in the secular press, where [...]

Escaping Poverty: Interview With Archbishop Silvano Tomasi
GENEVA, OCT. 16, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Intelligent use of the economy, market and culture is needed to attain objectives coinciding with our values as Christians and members of the human family, says a Holy See representative.
In this interview with ZENIT, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, apostolic nuncio and permanent observer of the [...]

Prostitution: Legal Work or Slavery?
A Failed Attempt at Defending Women’s Dignity
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
ROME, OCT. 15, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Legalizing prostitution is under debate in a number of countries.
Hungary recently decided to legalize it, apparently in part due to the government’s desires to exact revenue from an activity they calculate could generate around $1 billion [...]

Debunking the Papal “Euthanasia”
Doctor Assails Claims Surrounding John Paul II’s Death
ROME, OCT. 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of a response written by Doctor Renzo Puccetti, specialist in internal medicine and secretary of the Association Science and Life of Pisa and Livorno, Italy, to claims that Pope John Paul II was euthanized.
He responds to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI’s Regensburg lecture not only pinpoints the heart of the current international situation, but also reality itself, says Father James Schall.
In the third and final part of this interview with ZENIT, Father Schall, a professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University, comments on what he says is one [...]