Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Stephen of Mar Saba.

Is the Vatican Speaker to Quit his Post

Vatican

Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, may resign his post in the coming weeks, according to reports in the Italian media. “Overwork” was quoted as the reason for this decision. Lombardi is also the director of Vatican Radio and Vatican Television Center.

Homosexuals Fight in front of a French Church

France

Approximately sixty members of homosexual organizations rallied at the steps of the Fourviere Basilica in Lyon on Sunday against the Pope. They denounced an alleged “irresponsibility of Pope Benedict XVI regarding AIDS." While the faithful filed into the church for Sunday Mass celebrated by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, protestors unfurled a banner reading “The condom is life - The Church prohibits it”. At the same time, in front of the Basilica, about sixty Catholic parents and children gathered in support of the pope. They wore stickers that read. When asked whether he advocated condoms or abstinence, Cardinal Barbarin replied: "I am for Love."

Again Problems at the Wailing Wall

Jerusalem

The Israeli rabbi who supervises the Wailing Wall has sought assurances that the Jewish faithful will not be prevented from praying at the holy site at the time when Pope Benedict XVI visits in May. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch expressed concern that security measures might prevent access to the Western Wall, making it impossible for some people to follow their usual practice of praying there daily.

Shocking news come from Singapure

Singapore

Shocking news come from Singapure. The local parliament almost unanimously voted a law, which legalizes the trafficking of organs from live persons. The market itself will decide the prices. Foreigners will be also allowed to this trade which means that Singapore will become soon the goal of pseudotourists. The experts sustain, that in the epoch of economic crisis the poorest, especially the emigrants will be forced to gradually sale their bodies.