Jun

14

Saint Methodius I — Saint of the Day

June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

St. Methodius lived in the ninth century. He was born and raised in Sicily. Methodius had received an excellent education and he wanted a position worthy of it. He decided to sail to Constantinople to seek an important job at the emperor’s court. Somewhere in his travels, he met a holy monk who shared with [...]

Jun

14

Lack of Hope Is the Real Poverty

June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

(VIS) – Today in the Vatican, the Pope received members of the administrative council of the “Populorum Progressio” Foundation, for the occasion of their annual assembly. The foundation serves poor rural communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  When John Paul II established the foundation in 1992 and made it part of the Pontifical Council [...]

Jun

14

“Having Taught a Martyr Is Something Else Entirely”

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Professor Shares E-Mails From Father Ragheed
“The situation here is worse than hell,” Father Ragheed Ganni wrote to a former professor the day before he and three deacons were shot after Sunday Mass in Mosul, Iraq.
Father Robert Christian, a theology professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome, spoke at the [...]