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Benedict XVI: Christ Is Source of Charity

June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Offers 2 Implications to Theological Truth
The Church’s work of charity, both for individuals and for organizations, must always find its reference point in Christ, “the source of charity,” Benedict XVI says.
The Pope said this today in an address to representatives of Caritas Internationalis, who are meeting in the Vatican this week for their general assembly.
The […]

Jun

9

Saint Ephrem — Saint of the Day

June 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Ephrem was born in Mesopotamia around the year 306. He was baptized when he was eighteen. Ephrem eventually went into the hills and became a hermit. He found a cave near the city of Edessa in Syria. His clothes were just patched rags and he ate what the earth provided.
Ephrem became angry easily. He gradually […]