Catholic church

Rome -- June 2008 -- A unique musical about the life of the Virgin Mary will premiere at the Vatican Tuesday evening. Mary of Nazareth - An Ongoing Story is the first musical to be made of the life of Mary. It traces the battle between good and evil, God and the devil, in Mary's life.

Mary of Nazareth - An Ongoing Story is an Italian production sponsored by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

The story chronicles Mary's life - from her Jewish childhood, the Annunciation, her marriage to Joseph, the birth of Jesus and her Assumption*. It traces the battle between good and evil - God and the devil - in Mary's life as she grows up.    » read more »

- XM, EWTN to host six-day XM channel devoted to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States April 15-20
- XM listeners across the nation can tune into XM Channel 120 for complete coverage of the Pope's first pastoral visit to the U.S.

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio today announced that it will join with EWTN Global Catholic Network to launch a six-day XM Radio channel devoted to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States.

The Papal U.S. Visit '08 channel will air nationwide on XM channel 120 from April 15 to April 20. The channel can also be heard on XM Radio Online at listen.xmradio.com    » read more »

25 October 2007 -- Vatican officials have presented a new volume called "Trial Against the Templars". The new publication is an expensive limited edition of the proceedings of the 1307-1312 papal trial of the mysterious medieval crusading order of warrior-monks who were accused of heresy.

Secret Vatican City archive documents detailing the heresy trials of the Knights Templar are to be sold for the first time.    » read more »

05 September 2007 -- The late Pope John Paul II's private secretary - Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz - is urging fellow Roman Catholic church leaders to take immediate action against a popular priest accused of spreading anti-Semitism and nationalist politics by Catholic radio.

In remarks published by newspapers Tuesday, the cardinal said the church cannot ignore what is happening. He said the church is on the verge of what he calls a "dangerous crisis," where someone else is trying to set the direction of Polish Catholicism.    » read more »