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French Prelate Welcomes “Summorum Pontificum”

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Cardinal Barbarin: Document Invites Reconciliation
Benedict XVI has made a clear gesture to traditionalists so that division does not become irreparable schism, says a French cardinal.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon and the primate of France, wrote this in “An Invitation for Reconciliation,” a reflection on Benedict XVI’s liturgical document, “Summorum Pontificum.”
“To understand the Pope’s decision” […]

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Address of Benedict XVI at the Vatican Library and Secret Archives.

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VISIT TO THE VATICAN APOSTOLIC LIBRARY AND THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Monday, 25 June 2007
Your Eminences,
Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I accepted with joy the invitation addressed to me by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Librarian of Holy Roman Church, to visit the Vatican Apostolic Library and […]

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Abortion Pressure Grows in Northern Ireland

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Church Fights Implementation of U.K. Law
Pressure is mounting for the new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland to align its abortion laws with the rest of the United Kingdom.
U.K. Members of Parliament are calling for an extension of the 1967 Abortion Act into Northern Ireland, the only area in the United Kingdom where the law legalizing […]

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Latin American Bishops Vow to Evangelize

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Latin American bishops, under the newly elected leadership of their episcopal council, have renewed their dedication to evangelization in a letter sent to Benedict XVI.
The bishops are meeting in Havana for their 31st ordinary assembly and just elected a new president on Tuesday: Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis of Aparecida, Brazil.
In Wednesday’s letter, the prelates thanked […]

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Father Cantalamessa on the Good Samaritan

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Pontifical Household Preacher Comments on Sunday’s Readings
The Good Samaritan
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37
We have been commenting on some of the Sunday Gospels taking our inspiration from Benedict XVI’s book “Jesus of Nazareth.” A portion of the book treats the parable of the Good Samaritan. The parable cannot be understood if […]

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Pontifical Acts July 13, 2007

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The Holy Father:
 - Appointed Msgr. Roberto Busti of the clergy of the archdiocese of Milan, provost of Lecco, as bishop of Mantova (area 2,080, population 366,789, Catholics 344,083, priests 233, religious 389), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy in 1940 and ordained a priest in 1964. He succeeds Bishop Egidio Caporello, whose […]

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Papal Letter for Feast of Patron of Italian Forest Rangers

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 Made public today was a Letter from Benedict XVI to Bishop Maffeo Ducoli, emeritus of Belluno-Feltre, Italy, for yesterday’s Feast of St. John Gualbert, patron of the Italian Forest Rangers.
  Yesterday, in the church of the Virgin of the Snows at Pra Mirino, Bishop Ducoli presided at a Eucharistic concelebration attended by members of the […]

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Today is the 90th Anniversary of the July 13th Apparition

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July 13, 1917
        The third apparition brought to the Cova da Iria a crowd of 5,000 people. Lucy led the Rosary and the crowd answered. At noon she rose and looked toward the east, crying, “Close the umbrellas! Close the umbrellas! (They used umbrellas to protect themselves from the intense noontime sun) … Our Lady […]

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Feastday of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes

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INTROIT
Let us rejoice and shout for joy, because the Lord of all things has favored this holy and glorious virgin with his love.
COLLECT
God of mercy, joy of the saints, you set the youthful heart of Saint Teresa ablaze with the fire of virginal love for Christ and for his Church; and even in suffering you […]

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Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes

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Virgin - Discalced Carmelite
Juanita Fernandez Solar was born at Santiago, Chile, on 13 July 1900. From her adolescence she was devoted to Christ. She entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns at Los Andes on May 7, 1919, where she was given the name of Teresa of Jesus. She died on April 12 of […]

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Saint Henry II

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Henry was born in 972. He became the duke of Bavaria in 995. One night he had an unusual vision. St. Wolfgang, who had been his beloved teacher when he was a boy, appeared to him. Wolfgang pointed to the words, “after six” written on the wall. What could that mean? Perhaps Henry was to […]

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Nine-Day Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Day 6

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With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular as a shield of defense against the Evil One. Through your assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus Christ. (pause and mention petitions)
Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.

Our Lady of […]