May

4

Technology and Human Love Should Always Go Together

May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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