“Benedictus XVI: Activities of the Holy Father”
The Vatican Web site lists all of Benedict’s activities, meetings and writings.
Region: Vatican City
Greg Tobin
Greg Tobin is senior adviser for communications at Seton Hall University in New Jersey and author of Holy Father: Pope Benedict XVI: Pontiff for a New Era.
Thomas G. Guarino
The Rev. Thomas G. Guarino is a professor of systematic theology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He has written on the theological vision of Joseph Ratzinger.
“Jesuit sees convergence of U.S., Vatican policies”
The National Catholic Reporter has a June 22, 2009, podcast and summary of a story, “Jesuit sees convergence of U.S., Vatican policies,” featuring an interview with the Rev. Thomas Reese about relations between the Vatican and the Obama administration.
“Progressive Catholics at home in Obama administration”
Read a June 22, 2009, National Catholic Reporter story, “Progressive Catholics at home in Obama administration.”
“Economic encyclical expands on church’s ‘best kept secret'”
Read a June 22, 2009, analysis of the encyclical’s themes, “Economic encyclical expands on church’s ‘best kept secret’,” by National Catholic Reporter columnist John L. Allen Jr.
“Obama Going to the Vatican”
Read a June 24, 2009, blog post at the Web site of the Jesuit magazine America, “Obama going to the Vatican,” by Michael Sean Winters.
“In preview of new encyclical, Benedict reprises ‘dictatorship of relativism’ speech”
Read a June 29, 2009, report on the pope’s comments about the encyclical, “In preview of new encyclical, Benedict reprises ‘dictatorship of relativism’ speech,” by National Catholic Reporter columnist John L. Allen Jr.
“Economic Heresies of the Left”
Read a June 29, 2009, article at the First Things Web site, “Economic Heresies of the Left,” by Michael Novak. Novak is considered a conservative Catholic writer who defends capitalism in this essay and elsewhere against interpretations of papal teachings that some say criticize the capitalist system.