Pope says Jesus' Ascension confirmed promise of heaven

Vatican City, May 20, 2012 / 12:52 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Ascension of Jesus should remind Christians of the promise of Heaven and the power of earthly prayer, Pope Benedict XVI said at the Sunday Angelus.

In mid-90s, Pope connected marriage crisis with homosexuality

Vatican City, May 19, 2012 / 12:06 pm (EWTN News).- A newly republished 1995 commentary of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger linked the breakdown of marriage to the rise of the acceptance of homosexuality, warning of the rise of “pressure groups” that could manipulate public opinion on such issues

Archbishop Gomez says marriage debate ignores children’s needs

Los Angeles, Calif., May 19, 2012 / 11:17 am (EWTN News).- Archbishop José H. Gomez has said that the debate about marriage ignores both the needs of children and the “human ecology” of civilization, and instead wrongly focuses on the desires of adults.

Pope praying for renewal of US female religious life

Vatican City, May 18, 2012 / 05:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI says he is praying that a renewal of female religious life in the United States will “recapture a sense of the sublime dignity and beauty of the consecrated life.”