Alessandro Speciale
Alessandro Speciale writes for Religion News Service.
Blog Posts by Alessandro Speciale
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 3 days 18 hours ago
The Vatican has published rules to evaluate the authenticity of the dozens of apparitions of the Virgin Mary reported each year.The “Norms Regarding the Manner of Proceeding in the Discernment of...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 4 days 19 hours ago
Over the course of the last six months, Pope Benedict XVI delivered five major speeches to small groups of American bishops who were in Rome for their "ad limina" visits, which are required once...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 week 3 days ago
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's doctrinal office said “further discussions” will be needed with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) in order to heal a decades-long split within the Roman...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 week 5 days ago
The Vatican announced on Tuesday (May 15) it had settled a lawsuit against Italian clothing group Benetton for using an image of Pope Benedict XVI in one of its advertisement campaigns.The...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 2 weeks 2 days ago
Here are two things that don't typically go together: Pope Benedict XVI and feminist culture.Yet they both share a veneration for Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century German nun who was the first...
