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Experts to Study Ministry to Dying

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A conference titled “At the Side of the Dying Person” will bring experts to the Vatican to consider orientations for accompanying people in their last moments of life. The Pontifical Academy for Life is organizing the two-day conference, which will be held in February. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health […]

Jul

23

Benedict XVI Blesses U.S. Firefighters

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI thanked a group of Seattle firefighters, in Lorenzago di Cadore to assist local forest rangers during the Pope’s stay in the region.
The Pope was on his way to Mirabello Castle on Sunday when he stopped today at the Church of Our Lady of Defense, on the outskirts of Lorenzago di Cadore. 
The Holy Father thanked […]

Jul

23

Prelate Warns of Chávez’s Totalitarian Agenda

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Says Presidential Attacks Against Church a Smoke Screen
Archbishop Ovidio Pérez Morales says Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s attacks against clergy are a “sort of presidential custom,” and nothing more than a “smoke screen to hide something very serious.”
The archbishop, president of the Venezuelan bishops’ plenary council, responded Thursday to another barrage of attacks against the clergy, […]

Jul

23

Cardinal Mourns Bus Crash Victims in France

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26 Polish Pilgrims Dead, 14 Seriously Injured
Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard sent condolences to the bishops of Poland after a bus accident killed 26 Polish pilgrims in an Alpine Pass in southeast France.
The 47 pilgrims, accompanied by a guide and two drivers, were leaving the Shrine of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette on Sunday when their bus crashed through a barrier […]

Jul

23

Benedict XVI’s Homily at Vespers for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

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CELEBRATION OF FIRST VESPERS
OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Your Eminences,
Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood,
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
At this First Vespers of the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, let us commemorate with gratitude these two […]

Jul

23

U.S. Bishops Seek Meeting on Iraq

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The U.S. bishops have asked to meet with Republican members of the House of Representatives to discuss a “responsible transition” to end the war in Iraq. This request comes after the conference of U.S. bishops agreed last week to meet with a group of Catholic House Democrats. It accompanies the continued call for congress and […]

Jul

23

Pope: Popular Culture, Joy of European Identity

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(VIS) - Yesterday afternoon, at the end of a concert of mountain choirs offered in his honor by the diocese of Belluno-Feltre at the castle of Mirabello (Italy), the Holy Father gave a short address.
  “Song is an expression of love”, the Holy Father said, citing St. Augustine. ” I have heard this great love […]

Jul

23

Handy Little Chart

July 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

HANDY LITTLE CHART
(God has a positive answer)
YOU SAY
GOD SAYS
BIBLE VERSES
You say: “It’s impossible”
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)
You say: “I’m too tired”
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: “Nobody really loves me”
God says: I love you
(John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )
You say: “I can’t go on”
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II […]

Jul

23

Pope: Choral Singing Educates for Peace

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Calls It Training for Life
Benedict XVI says that choral singing is an authentic education in life and peace, and an exercise in the “hearing of the heart.”
The Pope said this Friday following a concert in his honor performed by Alpine choirs at the Castle of Mirabello, near where he is vacationing until July 27.
“Training in […]

Jul

23

Atheists Versus Believers

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The God Debate Heats Up
By Father John Flynn, L.C.
The attack against religion started by Richard Dawkins in his book “The God Delusion” shows no sign of letting up. In recent months a number of emulators have published books that continue the polemic.
In “God: The Failed Hypothesis,” Victor J. Stenger purports to provide a sort of […]

Jul

23

Cardinal: Democracy Needs Fair Play

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Offers Advice to Newly Elected Officials in Philippines
To seek the common good requires that we set aside differences and focus on resolving them with civility and candor, said Cardinal Ricardo Vidal.
Cardinal Vidal, archbishop of Cebu, offered this advice during a Mass attended by newly elected officials of different cities and municipalities in his archdiocese, Asia […]