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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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