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Pope Urges Franciscans to Proclaim Christ

June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Offers Francis’ Faith in the Gospel as Guide
Benedict XVI encouraged all Franciscans to walk in their founder’s footsteps by responding to all of life’s challenges with the Gospel.
The Pope delivered this message Sunday to the General Chapter of the Order of Friars Minor Conventuals in the Basilica of St. Francis. He underlined the modern-day relevance […]

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Marriage and Religion: a Package Deal

June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

New Studies Reveal Close Relationship
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
The fortunes of family life and religion may well be linked, say experts in recent studies. W. Bradford Wilcox, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is the author of a research brief published in May by the Institute for American Values’ Center for Marriage […]

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Catholic School and Convent Ransacked in Gaza

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A Catholic school and convent were burned and looted during fighting between the Fatah movement and the Hamas militia.
President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah said in a statement Sunday that the “barbaric” attack was done by Hamas’ militia, the Associated Press reported.
The damage had occurred Thursday.
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza’s Latin-rite church, said: “Gunmen used […]

Jun

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Constitutions of the Secular Order of the Teresian Carmel and the Rule of Saint Albert

June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Prot. n. C. 228 - 1/2003
DECREE OF APPROVAL

The General Superior of the Discalced Carmelites, with the prior approval of the General Definitory, given in the 11th session of June 9, 2003, presented the text of the Constitutions of the Secular Order to the Apostolic Centre, requesting its approval.
The Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated […]

Jun

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Guidelines For Oblates of Saint Benedict

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PREAMBLE
Vatican II Council has made it clear that the laity should exercise a very active role in the Church’s mission to the world. Oblates of St. Benedict are in a favored position for carrying out this admonition. They are spirituality associated with a Benedictine community. They have pledged themselves to order their lives in accord […]

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Abducted Priest Released in Baghdad

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After being kidnapped by unknown assailants and held for 12 days, Chaldean Father Hani Abdel Ahad has been released. Monsignor Jacques Isaac, the rector of Babel College, visited Father Hani on Sunday at the Chaldean bishop’s residence, Asia News reported.
Monsignor Isaac said the clergyman “is very tired, but in good condition. He was not mistreated” […]

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LOH for Saint Romuald

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St. Romuald’s feast is June 19th.
OUR HOLY FATHER ROMUALD
19 June (Psalms and canticles are taken from the Common of Holy Men)
I and II Vespers
O God, come to my assistance.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and […]

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Tolkien and the Eucharist

June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In honor of the Feast of Corpus Christi and its Octave, remnants of which still exist in the 1962 Liturgy, this is something of a literary tribute to the Bread of Life.
It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien, the celebrated fantasy writer who gave us The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a Catholic. […]

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Church Etiquette

June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The way we dress in church is inexorably tied to the way we believe and the way we pray. Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Unlike any other church, we are in Christ’s presence when we set foot in the door of a Catholic Church. Out of reverence for the […]

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Awareness seen as growing that abortion opponents are pro-women

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By James Penrice
6/14/2007

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Our Sunday Visitor) – For years the U.S. abortion debate has been portrayed as a battle between two mutually exclusive interest groups: pro-lifers taking the side of unborn children and pro-choicers advocating the interests of women.
But in recent months, such opinion-shaping heavyweights as the Supreme Court and The New York Times […]

Jun

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Masonry, Atheism and Catholicism

June 18, 2007 | 3 Comments

Interview With Author of “The Masonic Plot”
BURGOS, Spain, JUNE 4, 2007 (Zenit) - What’s true and what’s not about the Masons is the topic of a recent book by an expert in the history of religions.
Father Manuel Guerra Gómez, who is an author of 25 books on sects and other topics, recently released “La trama […]

Jun

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Blessed Gregory Barbarigo — Saint of the Day

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Blessed Gregory was born in 1625. He was raised and educated in his native city of Venice, Italy. While still in his twenties, he was chosen by the officials of Venice to represent them in Munster, Germany, at an important event. Leaders were meeting to sign the Treaty of Westphalia on October 24, 1648. This […]

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Death threat sent to Italian bishop

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The head of Italy’s influential bishops conference has received a second envelope containing bullets and a death threat, following comments he made opposing same-sex unions, police said today.
The envelope – with three bullets and the written threat – arrived on Saturday at the Genoa archdiocese of Monsignor Angelo Bagnasco, Genoa police cabinet chief Sebastiano Salvo […]