Rome Diocese to Formally Launch JPII Beatification

With a Mass on June 28th.Rome diocese to launch John Paul beatification

Marini's Days Numbered as Papal Master of Ceremonies?

Sandro Magister weighs in...Papal Masses on TV: Benedict XVI Wants a New Director

Italian hostage released in Kabul

Pope pleaded for her release in recent angelus message...>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Italian hostage released in Kabul

Pope Speaks to the African Bishops About AIDS

From the Vatican Information Service:



"The traditional teaching of the Church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. For this reason, the companionship, joy, happiness and peace which Christian marriage and fidelity provide, and the safeguard which chastity gives, must be continuously presented to the faithful, particularly the young."

Archbishop McCarthy Remembered as `a gentle pastor of souls'

Archbishop McCarthy remembered as `a gentle pastor of souls': South Florida Sun-Sentinel:



"Born April 10, 1918, into a devout Cincinnati family, Archbishop McCarthy studied at St. Gregory and Mount St. Mary seminaries in Norwood, Ohio, then at the Lateran and Angelicum universities in Rome.



He spent almost all his adult life as a diocesan official: as auxiliary bishop in Cincinnati, then the first bishop of Phoenix in 1969. He came to Miami in 1976 to serve as a coadjutor archbishop, alongside the Most Rev. Coleman F. Carroll. He took over after Carroll died the following year."

Tropical Storm Arlene

First storm threatening U.S. of the 2005 hurricane season.



Tropical Storm Arlene forms in Caribbean, heads toward Gulf: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Priest Stabbed at Vatican

Priest stabbed during Vatican City stroll