Jumat, 25 Februari 2011

Harapan Terwujudnya Pertemuan Paus Roma Dengan Patriak Rusia

Time Seems Right (or Nearly So), But Nothing on the Horizon
By Paul De Maeyer

ROME, FEB. 21, 2011 (Zenit.org).- "Welcome, Mr. President, this meeting of ours is very important," Benedict XVI told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last Thursday when the president visited the Pope in the Vatican.

These words underscore something of the visit's significance, Medvedev's first after the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Russia. It was at their first meeting in December 2009 that the president and Pope agreed to upgrade existing ties to the level of full diplomatic relations.

Bernard Nathanson: Dari Pro-Aborsi Menjadi Aktivis Pro-Life

Abortionist-Turned Pro-Life Activist Dies at 84

By Karna Swanson

NEW YORK, FEB. 21, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the obstetrician and leading pro-abortion advocate who changed his views on abortion and later converted to Catholicism, died today at the age of 84.

Once a leader of the pro-abortion movement, Nathanson was a keynote speaker at the First National Conference on Abortion Laws in 1969, and that same year he was a founding member of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, which is now known as NARAL Pro-Choice America. 

Rangkuman Mendalam dari Ensiklik Mense Maio (Paus Paulus VI, 29 April 1965)

Ensiklik Mense Maio adalah dokumen gerejawi yang dikeluarkan oleh Paus Paulus VI pada tanggal 29 April 1965 di Roma. Ditujukan kepada para p...