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Lefebvre Successor Thanks Pope

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Says Letter Restores Tradition to Church
Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter expanding the use of the 1962 missal returns to the Church its liturgical tradition, according to the Society of St. Pius X.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, who succeeded founder Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre as superior general of the society, said in a statement released to the press Saturday that [...]

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Courageous Acts by Iraqi Christians

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In spite of persecution, ordinations and first Holy Communions bring signs of hope for the Christian community. On July 7, in the church of Mar Addai, Father Ephram Gallyana, 31, was ordained a Chaldean priest at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Faraj Rahho of Mosul, Asia News reported. The new priest is from the Diocese [...]

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Nicaragua Pressured to Go Pro-Abortion

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Aid Made Dependant Upon Liberalizing Laws
The Dutch Minister of Development told the government of Nicaragua that development assistance would be withdrawn unless the central American country reversed its recent ban on abortion.
Last October, the Parliament of Nicaragua unanimously modified its penal code to ban all abortions. Since the legislation passed, increased pressure has been placed [...]

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The Martyrs of Orange

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The martyrs of Orange lived in the eighteenth century, They were thirty-two nuns. During the French Revolution, these sisters, from different religious orders, were jailed in Orange, France. There were sixteen Ursuline sisters, thirteen Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, two Bernardine sisters and one Benedictine sister.
While the French Revolution raged, these nuns were [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI Begins Holiday

July 9, 2007 | 7 Comments

At 10.30 a.m. today, the Holy Father departed from Rome’s Ciampino airport whence an hour-long flight took him to the airport of Treviso-Istrana. From there he travelled by helicopter to Lorenzago, arriving at 12.30.  Benedict XVI will spend 18 days in the northern Italian alpine resort. On his return, on 27 July, he will go [...]

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