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Pope Clarified Priorities, Says Expert

May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Encouraged Prelates to Proclaim Christ
Benedict XVI told Latin American bishops that their priority is proclaiming Christ, says the director of a think tank that focuses on the Church’s social doctrine.
Stefano Fontana, director of the International Observatory Cardinal Van Thuân for the Social Doctrine of the Church, spoke with ZENIT about the Pope’s address at the [...]

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Archbishop Named for Ottawa

May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI named Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Halifax to lead the Archdiocese of Ottawa. He succeeds Archbishop Marcel Gervais, 75.
The Vatican press office also reported today that the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Gervais as apostolic administrator of Ottawa until his successor takes possession of the episcopal see.
Terrence Prendergast was born in Montreal in 1944. He [...]

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Italy’s Family Day Gathers 1.5 Million

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Attendance Surpasses Expectations
Yesterday more than 1 million pro-family supporters gathered in the piazza of St. John Lateran in Rome to support marriage based on the relationship of a man and a woman.
The event marked the first Family Day in Italy, convoked by 450 family and Christian associations as part of a campaign to defend heterosexual [...]

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1,000 U.S. Rabbis Hail Pro-Family Events

May 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

More than 1,000 U.S. rabbis are joining in solidarity with pro-family gatherings this weekend in Rome and Warsaw.
Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman of the Rabbinical Alliance of America and the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, representing some 1,000 rabbis, sent a statement of support Friday to organizers of a rally against [...]

May

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Pope’s Address at Rosary Meeting

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“Remain in the School of Mary”
Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave Saturday evening at the Shrine of Our Lady of Conceição Aparecida, after praying the rosary with priests, religious, seminarians and deacons of Brazil and the delegates of the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the [...]

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