Gloria TV News on the feast of St. Phoebe.
Pope Wishes A Rapid Conclusion
Vatican
Yesterday Pope Benedict XVI met in Castel Gandilfo with the Israeli President Simon Peres. Among the subjects of discussion was the possibility of a "rapid conclusion" to Holy See-Israel Joint Working Commission negotiations. The joint talks have been working to establish the legal and economic status of the Catholic Church, its properties and representatives in the Holy Land since 1993. At the conclusion of the audience, President Peres gave the Holy Father a one-foot tall silver Menorah on which is inscribed: "To his holiness Pope Benedict XVI, the Shepherd who seeks to lead us to the fields of blessings and the fields of peace."
A Very Young Abbot
USA
The youngest monk at a Chicago-area Benedict abbey has been elected abbot and, by virtue of that office, chancellor of a Benedictine University. A graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in economics, Father Austin Murphy, 36, will officially …More