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May
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Congo Prelate Outraged by Slayings
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Church is asking for troops to be send to the eastern region of Congo, following the slaying of 18 people in Kaniola last weekend.
Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy of Bukavu appealed to the French ambassador in Congo, asking the government to “treat the security problem in the east of the country as a priority and stop […]
May
30
Enter the Mystery
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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May
30
L’Eucharistie : la Bombe A d’Amour
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
L’Eucharistie, coeur de la foi catholique. C’est la présence réelle et agissante de Jésus Christ dasn l’hostie. A son contact, guérisons et conversions. Exemple avec la fraternité Eucharistein, qui accueille des “blessés de la vie”.
Son fondateur, le Père Nicolas Buttet. Jeune intellectuel promis à une belle carrière d’homme politique et d’avocat en Suisse, c’est finalement […]
May
30
Sabat Mater
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
“Stabat Mater” is a well-known catholic hymn. It alludes to the grief and pain of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, at the time of His Crucifixion.
Traditionally a form of popular devotion, this hymn is currently sung or recited on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, September 15. The Latin text can be found in […]
May
30
An Inside Look at Zimbabwe’s Crisis
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Archbishop Cites Years of Terror and Brutality
Though international attention is recently focused on strife in Zimbabwe, the archbishop of Bulawayo says that the terror in that southern African country is nothing new.
Archbishop Pius Ncube, in an interview with the magazine Inside the Vatican, said that President Robert Mugabe has been using the army to inflict […]
May
30
Benedict XVI meets with the Parents of Madeleine
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The parents of a missing 4-year-old British girl sat in the front row at Benedict XVI’s general audience to ask for prayers for their daughter. The little girl, Madeleine McCann, vanished while on vacation with her family in Portugal in early May.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, said the meeting was […]
May
30
Blessed Marie-Eugénie of Jesus
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
BLESSED MARIE EUGENIE OF JESUS (1817-1898 )
Anne-Eugénie Milleret was born in 1817 in Metz after Napoleon’s complete defeat and the restoration of the monarchy. She belonged to a nonbelieving and financially comfortable family and it seemed unlikely that she would trace a new spiritual path across the Church of France.
Her father, a follower of Voltaire […]
May
30
Urging Recognition of Pius XII as Venerable
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Here is an adapted version of a letter to the editors received by ZENIT from Sister Margherita Marchione, a Pius XII scholar.
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On May 8, members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes voted unanimously to recommend that Benedict XVI formerly declare Pope Pius XII “Venerable.” Hopefully this recognition that Pius XII lived the Christian […]
May
30
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment
Known to us as Tertullian, he lived around 155 to 230 A.D. He was a church leader, an apologist and a prolific author of early Christianity. He was born and lived his life in Carthage. Tertullian was the first great writer of Latin Christianity, and is sometimes called the “Father of the Latin Church.” He introduced […]
May
30
(VIS) - In his general audience today Benedict XVI resumed his series of catecheses on leading figures of the early Church, turning his attention to Tertullian, the first great Christian author to write in Latin who was born in Carthage around the year 150. The audience was held in St. Peter’s Square in the presence […]
May
30
HBO and Time-Warner Attack Christianity
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
E-mails have come in stating that a Mr. Bill Maher who has a show on HBO has once again showed his hatred that he and his friends in Hollywood have for Christianity and Christians.First I heard of him when he had made a comment that all Christians are crazy and are unenlightened because of their faith. […]
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30
Blessed James Salomonio
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Friar & Priest
Born in Venice of the noble Salomonio family in 1231, James gave his patrimony to the poor
and entered the Order of Preachers at the age of fourteen. He lived most of his Dominican life at Forli
where he was known for his austere and virtuous life. Because of his charity to the poor he […]
May
30
We ask Thee that the Church may triumph against the assaults of her enemies …”
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Litany of St. Joan of Arc
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Our Heavenly Father, Who art God, have mercy on us.
Son, Savior of the world, Who art God, have mercy on us.
Holy Spirit, Who art God, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, Who art […]
May
30
O Vos Omnes
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
O Vos Omnes (O all ye that pass)
Latin:
O vos omnes qui transitis per viam,
attendite, et videte,
si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.
Attendite, universi populi,
et videte dolorem meum,
si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.
English:
O all ye that pass by the way,
attend, and see,
whether there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
Hear, all people, and see my sorrow,
whether there […]
May
30
Fidei Donum
May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS, ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA APRIL 21, 1957
To the Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinanes in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See.
Venerable Brethren, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction.
The gift of faith, which through the goodness of God, is accompanied […]
May
30
Benedict XVI: Baptized Must Be Missionaries
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Faced with an increasingly secularized culture, every baptized person must become active in the Church’s missionary activity, says Benedict XVI.
This appeal was made in the Pope’s message for the 81st World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on Oct. 21 with the theme: “All the Churches for All the World.”
In the text, published today by […]
May
30
Be Satisfied With Me
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone,
To have a deep soul relationship with another,
To be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But God, to a Christian, says,
“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content
With being loved by Me alone,
With giving yourself totally and reservedly to Me,
With having an intensely personal and unique […]
May
30
All the Roads
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Tout Les Chemins
Every road through hills and valleys
Leads to heaven by and by
And the wind that swepps the alleys
Points a finger to the sky
A song on my lips, a song in my heart
I go my merry way
The sun in my eyes, The sun in my heart,
Lights up my step day to day
Many friends are […]
May
30
Saint Joan of Arc — Saint of the Day
May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Joan was born in 1412. Her hometown was Domremy, a little village in France. Jacques d’Arc, her father, was a hard working farmer. Her mother was gentle and loving. She taught Joan many practical things. “I can sew and spin as well as any woman,” she once said. Joan loved to pray, especially at the […]
