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Cardinal Kasper: Document Invites Dialogue

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Defines Position of Catholic Church
The president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity calls the document on the nature of the Church, published by the doctrinal congregation, an “invitation to dialogue.”
The June 29 document “Responses to some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church” from the Congregation for the Doctrine of […]

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Swiss Bishop Details Ecumenical Hurdle

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Disparity on the Concept of Church
A great difficulty in ecumenical dialogue is the disparity of viewpoints on the understanding of “church,” according to the president of the Swiss bishops’ conference.
Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel made this comment in a statement released after the publication Tuesday of the document by the Congregation for the Doctrine of […]

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“A Symbolic Figure of a Living Love”

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LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF FLORENCE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE FOURTH CENTENARY OF THE DEATH
OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE DE’ PAZZI

To His Eminence
Cardinal Ennio Antonelli
Archbishop of Florence
On the occasion of the Fourth Centenary of the death of St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, I am pleased to unite myself to the beloved Florentine […]

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Bishop’s Letter on Pornography Draws Attention

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Many among our youth crave protection from pornography, not access to it, says Bishop Paul Loverde.
Bishop Loverde of Arlington, Virginia, has received many letters responding to his recent pastoral letter, “Bought With a Price: Pornography and the Attack on the Living Temple of God.”
“The mail I have received on this issue from Catholics and others […]

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Archbishop O’Brien Appointed to Baltimore

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Cardinal Keeler’s Resignation Accepted. The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, military ordinary for the United States, as archbishop of Baltimore. Archbishop O’Brien, 68, succeeds Cardinal William Keeler, 76, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father for reasons of age.
Edwin O’Brien was born April 8, 1939, in New York City, and ordained a priest for […]

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Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Lord’s Prayer

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“The Lord’s Prayer is the most perfect of prayers … In it we ask only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desried. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for things, but also in what order we should desire them.”

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Pontifical Acts July 12, 2007

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The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien, military ordinary for the U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of Baltimore (area 12,430, population 3,055,477, Catholics 517,679, priests 545, permanent deacons 178, religious 1,380), U.S.A. He succeeds Cardinal William Henry Keeler, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached […]

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Message from Pope for a Concert Organized in His Honor

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 Made public today was a Message from the Holy Father to the pastor of Lorenzago di Cadore, the alpine resort in which the pope is currently spending a vacation. The message concerns a concert organized in his honor yesterday, Feast of St. Benedict.
  In the Message, which was read out yesterday evening in the parish […]

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Protect Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Families

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Made public yesterday afternoon was a speech delivered by Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, during the Global Forum on Migration and Development, held in Brussels, Belgium from July 9 to 11.
 Speaking English, the archbishop recalled how “migrants contribute to their host country’s well-being, […]

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Pope Authorizes Publication of CELAM Final Document

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Made public yesterday was a Letter from Benedict XVI to bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, in which he authorizes the publication of the final document of the Fifth General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM). On May 13, during the course of his apostolic trip to Brazil, the Pope […]

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Nine-Day Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Day 5

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O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another, prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God’s people. (pause and mention petitions)
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory […]

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Saint John Gaulbert

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Saint John was born in Florence, Italy, at the end of the tenth century. He and his father were devastated when John’s only brother, Hugh, was murdered. The man who did it was supposed to have been Hugh’s friend. Urged on by his father and by his own anger, John began looking for a way […]