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May
4
Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI’s April 22 address during his visit to the San Matteo Polyclinic in Pavia, Italy.
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PASTORAL VISIT TO VIGEVANO AND PAVIA (ITALY)
VISIT TO THE “SAN MATTEO” POLYCLINIC IN PAVIA
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO THE DIRECTORS, MEDICAL STAFF, THE SICK AND THEIR RELATIVES
“San Matteo” Polyclinic, Pavia
Sunday, 22 […]
May
4
Iraqi Bishops Send Plea to Sharm al-Sheikh
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Iraqi bishops sent an urgent plea to the international conference being held in Sharm al-Sheikh, whose participants aim to approve a plan for the security of that war-torn nation.
The Chaldean bishops from the northern regions appealed especially for the protection of Iraqi lives, among them, those of the nation’s Christian minority.
Asia News reported the message, […]
May
4
Scholar: Ordaining Women Is Disrespectful
May 4, 2007 | 1 Comment
Says Promotion of Female Priests Overemphasizes Masculinity
Those who want to ordain women to the priesthood manifest a failure to recognize the dignity of women, said an expert in moral theology and women’s issues.
Pia de Solenni asserted this during her April 27 conference at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
De Solenni won the […]
May
4
British Schools and Sharia Law
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Reporting for the Washington Times, Diana West stated, “At the crux of the Muslim council’s document is a call for special treatment for Britain’s Muslim students that is so special as to reorient the entire British system according to Islamic law” (February 23).
Based on an recent British poll a report proposes that a huge range […]
May
4
Christ Wanted One Church Open to Everyone
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received prelates from the International Episcopal Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, who have just completed their “ad limina” visit. The conference is based in Belgrade and brings together Catholics of Latin and Byzantine rite from Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia and Kosovo.
The Pope greeted the bishops recalling how […]
May
4
The Times of London reported on February 19: “Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roam Catholic Church under the leadership of the pope are to be published this year, the Times has learned. The proposals have been agreed by senior bishops pf both churches. Anglicans and Roman Catholics are urged to explore how they […]
May
4
Miracle of Mary’s House in Ephesus, spared from the flames
Last year an enormous fire destroyed 1,200 hectares of forest, but the flames stopped one metre short of the shrine. Here is the account of a monk who witnessed what people did not hesitate to describe as a “miracle”.
Last August Asia News reported that people […]
May
4
You Are a Daily Rosary Catholic
May 4, 2007 | 2 Comments
From the quiz ‘What Kind of Catholic are you?’
You Are a Daily Rosary (Very Traditional) Catholic
You’d like the church to revive the time-honored devotions, liturgical practices, and strong institutional discipline that prevailed before the Second Vatican Council—and you’re hoping that Pope Benedict XVI will lead the church in exactly that direction. Your favorite hymn is probably […]
May
4
Praying the Office in Your Cell
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Different monks do different things at different times in their lives. So, Novices are taught to pray the offices slower and with pauses. As a monk matures spiritually and experiences the ligature of the senses, praying slowly and with pauses may not be helpful because he has been reduced to silence and any effort to […]
May
4
May is the Month of Mary
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
There is no more excellent way to obtain graces from God than to seek them through Mary , because her Divine Son cannot refuse her anything. ~ St. Philip Neri
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May
4
The Martyrs of the London Charterhouse
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
On the evening of May 3rd the clergy and choristers of Westminister Cathedral in England celebrated Vespers at The London Charterhouse. This was the first public Catholic ceremony to be hled there since the Reformation.
Following Vespers a ceremony was the martyrs were remebered at the site of the monastic Church. Nice write up and photos.
Let […]
May
4
Elodie Paradis was born in the village of L’Acadie in Quebec, Canada. It was May 12, 1840. Her parents were poor but devout Catholics. They loved their little girl. When Elodie was nine, her parents decided to send her to a boarding school. They wanted her to have an excellent education. The Sisters of Notre […]
May
4
Blessed Emily Bicchieri
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nun & Virgin
Blessed Emily was born at Vercelli, Italy, in 1238. At the age of nineteen she made profession in the monastery built by her father and several times served as prioress there. She joyfully performed the most unpleasant tasks of the monastery and was especially devoted to the Passion of our Savior. She died […]
