John Henry Newman: Teaching teachers

by Roderick Strange

The beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman will be one of the focal points of Pope Benedict XVI’s forthcoming visit to the United Kingdom. Newman was deeply committed to education, to the provision of spiritual and pastoral care as well as academic excellence. His interest in this field should come as no surprise to us, argues Newman scholar, Roderick Strange, as we learn more about the man whose thought and writings were inseparable from his person.

In his address on 8th February 2010 to the Pontifical Council for the Family, Benedict XVI commented on the decision of the council to dedicate their 19th Plenary Session to a discussion of "The Rights of Childhood." This theme was chosen to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international convention that sets out the social, economic, and cultural rights of children

This is Part 1 of the "Lectio Divina" delivered by Pope Benedict XVI to the parish priests of Rome upon receiving them in audience at the Vatican on 18th February 2010.  Part 2 will also be published here.

The historical-critical method of interpreting biblical texts is legitimate and necessary, but it must not be forgotten that the key to the interpretation of Scripture is the faith of the Church, says Pope Benedict XVI, according to Zenit.org on 26th October 2009.

Getting Beyond a Hope-Killing Culture by Carl Anderson

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, SEPT. 14, 2009 (Zenit.org).- A couple of years ago, when Benedict XVI visited with some students, two of them asked him a question that could have come from anyone, Catholic or non-Catholic alike.

Michael McGrath, Director of the Scottish Catholic Education Service, presented a paper at Research Seminar organised by the Department of Religious Education University of Glasgow's Faculty of Education.  The seminar took place on Monday 1st June 2009.

The 8th annual Cardinal Winning Education Lecture was given on 31st January 2009 in the University of Glasgow by Most Rev. Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow, on the theme: 'Catholic Education and Catholic Social Teaching'.

In this essay Fr. Vincent Twomey, SVD, a former student of Joseph Ratzinger, examines the central role conscience has played in the life and writings of Pope Benedict XVI