February 25, 2011

John Paul II on the path to sainthood - Listen to the words of the postulator for the beatification and canonisation of John Paul II , Monsignor Slawomir Oder as well as to a feature focusing on the latter years of this Roman Pontiff’s pontificate which includes exclusive sound from our Vatican Radio archives..
Happiness economics - Here in the Vatican this week from Thursday to Friday the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is holding a seminar by the title of 'Logic of Gift ' which takes a look at how the ideas Pope Benedict XVI illustrated in his social encyclical Caritas in Veritate or Charity in Truth can have a practical application in times of continuing economic hardship.
Among the participants is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas here in Rome Dominican Sister Helen Alford who helps us better understand this social encyclical
Arch of Constantine - Learn all about this Archway with our popular "Latin Lover ", Carmelite Father Reginald Foster .
A Franciscan secret - Join Professor of Fine Arts, Breda Ennis in the Church of San Francesco a Ripa for a guided tour of a special room where Saint Francis once lived...
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