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Bishops Applaud Bush’s Veto

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

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The U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities applauded President George Bush’s veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
Bush vetoed the act on Wednesday, and then issued and executive order to support alternative means to obtain and use versatile or “pluripotent” stem cells.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia [...]

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China to Dynamite Marian Shrine

June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

The sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be dynamited following a government decision that the pilgrimage site is a place of illegal religious activity. The Henan Province government will prevent the annual July 16 pilgrimage, which normally draws 40,000 pilgrims for the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, AsiaNews reported. The shrine [...]

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Holy Father to Proclaim a Year Dedicated to Saint Paul

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that at 5.30 p.m. on June 28, eve of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at the celebration of first Vespers in the basilica of St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls.
  During the ceremony, the Pope will proclaim a year especially dedicated [...]

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Witnesses of Christ in the Troubled Regions of the East

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

(VIS) – Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, accompanied by an entourage.
  In his address, the Pope recalled the patriarch’s 1994 visit to John Paul II when the two men signed a joint declaration concerning Christology, which included “the decision [...]

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Saint Aloysius Gonzada — Saint of the Day

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Aloysius, the patron of Catholic youth, was born on March 9, 1568. Since he was so full of life, his father planned to make a great soldier out of him. When Aloysius was just five, his father took him to the army camp. There little Aloysius marched in parade. He even managed to load and [...]