VATICAN CITY, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the address Benedict XVI gave today to a group of bishops from Scotland who are in Rome for their five-yearly visit.

ROME, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- In this article we will not be looking at the Liturgy of the Word in itself, about which we would have to provide an historical, theological and disciplinary panorama.

ROME, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Every year, a countless number of Catholics escape from their typical activities and take days to retreat into prayer following the system of the Ignatian spiritual exercises.

ROME, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Italian government is appealing a November ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes in public school classrooms are a violation of freedom.

MOSCOW, Russia, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is affirming that the Russian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church stand together on many current social issues.

VATICAN CITY, FEB. 5, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is urging prelates to call Catholics to complete fidelity to the magisterium, presenting Church teaching as a message of hope rather than a series of prohibitions.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil, FEB. 4, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Dominicans working in Haiti are still sleeping outside; since the Jan. 12 earthquake and series of aftershocks, buildings are still not safe.

VATICAN CITY, FEB. 4, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Divine justice -- so radically different from its human counterpart -- puts man before the truth that he is not self-sufficient and depends on Another to be fulfilled, Benedict XVI says.