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Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Holy Father appointed Fr. Corrado Maggioni S.M.M., official at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, as bureau chief at the same congregation.

May

22

Musical Parade Marking The Holy Father’s Birthday

May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The International Association of Friends of Sacred Music is promoting a musical parade, due to take place in Rome from May 25 to 27 and to involve 16 marching bands from Austria and Germany. The event is intended to mark Benedict XVI’s 80th birthday which fell in April.
According to a communique made public by the [...]

May

22

Holy See and Israel: Important Progress and Hope

May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

(VIS) – Yesterday in the Vatican, the Bilateral Permanent Working Commission between the Holy See and the State of Israel held a plenary session in order to continue negotiations on article 10, para. 2 of the “Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel” of December 30 1993.
According to a communique made [...]

May

22

President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference Speaks in Brazil

May 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

“The Great Mobility of Peoples Is Interweaving Us in One Cloth of Faith”
Here is a translation of the report Bishop William Skylstad of Washington, president of the U.S. episcopal conference, delivered last week at the 5th General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Dear brothers in the episcopate of Latin [...]

May

22

Holy See Message to U.N. on AIDS

May 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“All of Us Must Clearly Step Up Our Efforts”
Here is the statement which Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See’s permanent observer at the United Nations, gave today at the 61st session of the U.N. general assembly on the implementation of the declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS.
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61st Session of the U.N. General Assembly
Agenda item [...]

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