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Pope Fields Pastoral Query on Couples

July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Holds Q-and-A Session With Italian Clergy 
Benedict XVI, responding to a priest’s question about divorced and remarried couples, says there is a need to reconcile mercy and truth.
The Pope said this today when meeting with some 400 priests from the dioceses of Belluno-Feltre and Treviso.
Ten priests from the dioceses were able to ask the Pontiff questions [...]

Jul

24

Australian Bishops Urge Abortion Alternatives

July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Bill in Victoria Calls for Decriminalization
The bishops of Victoria sent a letter to the state’s Parliament calling on it to reject efforts to decriminalize abortion.
Candy Broad, a member of the upper house, is introducing a bill that would allow women unfettered access to early-term abortion services.
The state of Victoria, located in southeastern Australia, has one [...]

Jul

24

Lebanese Cardinal Decries Political Obstinacy

July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir warned that the “inflexibility and obstinacy” of Lebanese politicians’ might lead to the country’s downfall. Political difficulties continue to plague Lebanon, still recovering from last July’s war between Israel and Hezbollah, hindering much of the needed rebuilding. The 34-day conflict killed more than 1,200 Lebanese and more than 150 Israelis, while displacing [...]

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24

Saint Boris and Saint Gleb

July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

These two brothers were born toward the end of the tenth century. They were sons of St. Vladimir of Kiev, the first Christian prince in Russia. Their father had had many wives before he became a Christian. Afterwards, he had lived as Jesus teaches us in the Gospel. Boris and Gleb were his sons by [...]