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Roman Phase of John Paul I’s Cause Is Open

January 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 7, 2007 – The Roman phase of the cause for canonization of Pope John Paul I has opened.
The diocesan investigation into the cause ended on Nov. 10 and the Roman phase began last Wednesday.
Officials have expressed hope that this stage will progress quickly, taking into account that a cure attributed to John [...]

Jan

7

Christian College and a Seminary Leave Baghdad

January 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

BAGHDAD, Iraq, JAN. 7, 2007 – Iraq’s only faculty of Christian theology and a seminary have moved out of Baghdad for security reasons.
Babel College and St. Peter’s Major Seminary departed for Ankawa, in the Kurdish region of Iraq.
Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly of Babylon of the Chaldeans told Vatican Radio: “We have thought of the move [...]

Jan

7

On the Baptism of the Lord

January 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Holiness Constitutes the Vocation of All the Baptized”
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 7, 2007 – Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today before praying the midday Angelus with the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Today the feast of the Baptism [...]