Alessandro Speciale
Alessandro Speciale writes for Religion News Service.
Blog Posts by Alessandro Speciale
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 day 15 hours 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 5 days 14 hours 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...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 week 2 days ago
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday (May 5) called on Catholic colleges and universities in the United States to do more to affirm their "Catholic identity," particularly by ensuring the...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 week 5 days ago
Proponents of euthanasia and aborting chronically ill fetuses use the same arguments that were once used by the Nazis to promote their eugenics program of mass extermination, according to the Vatican...
Posted by Alessandro Speciale 1 week 6 days ago
Under new rules announced on Wednesday (May 2), the Vatican will more closely oversee the operations of Caritas Internationalis, a global confederation of 162 national Catholic charities. The...
