Jun

22

Pope Meets Leader of Order of Malta

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI received in audience Grand Master Fra’ Andrew Bertie of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, accompanied by members of the Sovereign Council. The Holy See did not release any details of today’s meeting. After the meeting with the Pope, the delegation was received by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state.
The Order of […]

Jun

22

Archbishop Chaput on Religious Freedom

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Reflects on Work for U.S. Agency
Many nations pay lip service to religious freedom, says Archbishop Charles Chaput, but few do much about it.
The archbishop of Denver recently completed two terms on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent agency formed in 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of religion abroad, defined in […]

Jun

22

Papal Message for World Mission Sunday

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
FOR THE 81st WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2007
“All the Churches for all the world”
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On the occasion of the World Mission Day, I would like to invite the entire People of God — Pastors, priests, men and women religious and lay people — to reflect together on the urgent […]

Jun

22

Father Cantalamessa on the Birth of John the Baptist

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Pontifical Household Preacher Comments on Sunday’s Readings
He will be called John
Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist
Isaiah 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66,80
This year the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist is celebrated in the place of the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This is an ancient feast that goes back to the […]

Jun

22

Caritas Europa: Migration Reform Begins at Home

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Immigration reform should focus on producing jobs and opportunities in countries of origin, and not only on preventative measures, Caritas Europa told leaders of the European Union.
A delegation of the aid organization met June 18-19 with Pedro Silva Pereira, minister of the Portuguese presidency of the European Union.
The presidency of the European Union rotates among […]

Jun

22

NOSTRA AETATE

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

DECLARATION ON
THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
NOSTRA AETATE
PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS
POPE PAUL VI
ON OCTOBER 28, 1965
1. In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely he relationship to non- Christian religions. In her task of […]

Jun

22

Saint Paulinus of Nola

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

St. Paulinus was born around 353 in Bordeaux, France. His father was a governor and a wealthy landowner. Paulinus received a good education. He became a lawyer and poet. He traveled in France, Spain and Italy, wherever work or pleasure took him. In 381, at the age of twenty-eight, he became the governor of Campania, […]

Jun

22

100-year Old Catholic Sanctuary of Our Lady of Carmel Ordered to be Destroyed in China

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Asia News reports that next June 16th pilgrims and faithful from Henan will not be allowed to go on pilgrimage to the sanctuary in Tianjiajing. The government from the province of Henan has in fact decreed that the historic sanctuary dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be blown up with dynamite; a complete ban […]

Jun

22

Bishops of Togo: Pastoral Care of Families and Formation

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

(VIS) - This morning in the Vatican, the Pope received prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Togo, who have just completed their “ad limina” visit.
  The Holy Father began his address to the bishops by thanking them for “your perseverance and courage in the face of the numerous difficulties your country has had to face […]

Jun

22

New Metropolitan Archbishops to Receive the Pallium

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

According to a communique published today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, in the Vatican Basilica at 9.30 a.m. on Friday, June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, Benedict XVI will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration with a number of metropolitan archbishops appointed during the course of the year, […]

Jun

22

Mozart’s Requiem Mass - Introitus and Kyrie

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Latin and the English translation for the Introit and Kyrie.
IntroitRequiem æternam dona eis
Eternal rest grant unto them
Requiem æternam dona eis
Eternal rest grant unto them
et lux perpetua
and perpetual light
et lux perpetua luceat
and perpetual light illuminate
luceat eis.
illuminate them.
Te decet hymnus Deus
A hymn comes to you
in Sion
in Zion
et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem.
and to you a vow shall […]

Jun

22

Saint John Fisher

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

John Fisher was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1469. He was educated at Cambridge University and became a priest. Father Fisher taught at Cambridge, too. He was a wonderful teacher and helped the students grow in their knowledge of the faith. He was a theologian. Father Fisher was especially helpful in pointing out religious errors […]

Jun

22

Saint Thomas More

June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Thomas More was a famous lawyer and writer. He was born in London in 1477. His father had been a lawyer, too, and a judge. Thomas was always grateful to his father for being so loving and for not spoiling him.
Thomas’ first wife, Jane Colt, died very young. More was left with four small children. […]