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May
28
The Holy Father appointed Monsignor Carmelo Cuttitta, pastor of the parish of Saint Joseph Cottolengo, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Palermo (area 1,366, population 914,506, Catholics 890,142, priests 570, permanent deacons 32, religious 1,863), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Gordano, Italy in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1987.
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May
28
Here is the English-language address Benedict XVI gave when receiving in audience Major Archbishop Issac Cleemis Thottunkal of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara Church in India.
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Your Beatitude,
I am pleased to welcome you on your first visit to Rome since your election as Major Archbishop of the beloved Catholic Syro-Malankara Church. I am most grateful […]
May
28
Pride
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Self-knowledge is a great help for acquiring humility; but in the midst of the many passions, faults and vices of which we are aware, to recognize our own pride is the most useful of all. For this vice is the most shameful of all. And even on our Confessions, it is more difficult for us […]
May
28
Pontiff Urges Bishops to Welcome New Movements
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Says Evangelization Is Top Priority
Evangelization is the first priority for bishops, Benedict XVI told the prelates of Mozambique, who were in Rome for their five-yearly visit.
During the meeting on Saturday, the Pope reminded the bishops from Mozambique that they are responsible “for announcing the word of God throughout the area entrusted to you,” including everything […]
May
28
Media’s Rising Anti-Christianity
May 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
Prejudiced Attacks Recycled
By Father John Flynn
Sexual abuses mixed with allegations of Church abuse make for an explosive media formula, as Italians can testify. The state-owned television broadcaster, RAI, sparked a debate after it announced that it wanted to buy the rights to transmit a BBC program, “Sex Crimes and the Vatican.”
Last Tuesday the RAI announced […]
May
28
Thirty-eight New Priests for Opus Dei
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Prelate Encouraged Them to “Only Speak of God”
Thirty-eight men from 18 countries were ordained to the priesthood for the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Bishop Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei, conferred the ordinations Saturday afternoon in Rome, reminding the ordinands in his homily that they will be instruments of the Holy […]
May
28
Blessing of Bells
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A solemn benediction of church bells, in which each bell receives a name, hence incorrectly termed the baptism of bells. The long and solemn ceremony, which may be performed only by a bishop, or a priest especially designated, consists of washing the bell with holy water, anointing it with the oil of the infirm without, […]
May
28
Sacramentals of the Church, blessed with religious rites, and used to remind men of religion and of God, thereby increasing His grace in their souls. It is said that bells were introduced into Christian churches about the year 400 by Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Italy. The ringing of bells or gongs in the sanctuary is […]
May
28
About Sadness
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“Because sadness according to God produces a repentance which leads to saving and does not leave a place to regret… Sadness according to this world produces death. ” (2 Corinthians 7, 10)
However, supports John Cassian, this sadness which causes a stable penitence for safety is obeying, gracious, humble, soft, full with sweetness and patience, because […]
May
28
Audi Filia
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Gradual of the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LATIN:
Audi, fília, et vide,
et inclína aurem tuam:
et concupíscet rex
pulchritúdinem tuam.
V. Tota decóra ingréditur fília régis,
textúræ áureæ sunt amíctus eius.
(Psalmus 44:11,12,14)
English:
Hearken, O daughter and see,
and incline thy ear:
and the King shall greatly desire
thy beauty.
The daughter of the King enters with all ornament,
golden fabrics are […]
May
28
A Memorial Day Prayer
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
They served and fought and died
so that we might be safe and free
Grant him, O Lord, eternal peace
and give them “The Victory”!
And in these days of unrest
filled with grave uncertainty,
Let’s not forget the price they paid
to keep our country free…
And, so, on this Memorial Day,
we offer up a prayer—
May the […]
May
28
Blessed Margaret Pole — Saint of the Day
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Blessed Margaret was born in 1471. She was the niece of two English kings, Edward IV and Richard III. Henry VII arranged her marriage to Sir Reginald Pole. He was a brave soldier and a friend of the royal family. By the time King Henry VIII came into power, Margaret was a widow with five […]
May
28
Moto Proprio
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
May 16, 2007
His Excellency Bishop Bernard Fellay
Superior General, Society of Saint Pius X
Bishop Fellay spoke in Veneta, Oregon, and to paraphrase his words on the much touted Motu Proprio: “They only talk of bringing back the Mass which we requested in 2000 and the fight is on. We could already start a new Agatha Christie novel […]
May
28
Per crucem ad lucem
May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment
God wills all men to be saved. And in our Lord’s life and death, in His every word and gift to men, there is one great truth underlying all: this world is not our home. We have here no lasting city, but look for one to come. To reach it one thing is necessary: to […]
