Why?

In many recent articles, Pope Benedict XVI has encouraged the faithful to spread the word throughout the internet. The Vatican's own YouTube channel is a major step in that direction. But His Holiness has also stressed that Catholics should also be fully aware and knowledgeable on Church's position on many moral and social issues. The Osservatore Romano does publish a weekly edition in English for free, but once archived at the end of the week it is only accessible through a paid subscription. There are many a time when even we have missed an edition! So to avoid this, we are posting copies of English articles so that you may be able to read them at leisure. We encourage you to make your own copies by saving the pages or printing them out. As the Osservatore publishes archived materials on CD we will delete each article after 6 months. This should give everybody plenty of time to read and digest the words of His Holiness.