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Four Priests Arrested in China

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Four priests have been arrested and detained for refusing to join the Patriotic Association, the government body that oversees religious practice in the country.
Three of the priests were arrested July 24, at the home of Catholic faithful in the Ximeng region of Inner Mongolia, the Cardinal Kung Foundation reported.
Father Liang Aijun, 35, Father Wang Zhong, […]

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U.S. Bishops Urge More Aid for Iraqi Refugees

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Write Condoleezza Rice After Mission Trip to Area
The plight of Iraqi refugees is dire and calls for increased U.S. assistance, said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
In a July 26 letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Cardinal McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, D.C., and Bishop DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, voiced […]

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Pontiff Wants Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy

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Calls Disarmament an Urgent Task
Benedict XVI urged nuclear disarmament, suggesting that resources thus saved could be used to help the poor.
The Pope said this today before praying the midday Angelus with crowds gathered at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Rome.
His address recalled the 50th anniversary of the founding […]

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Pope Surveys Post-Vatican II Trials

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Benedict XVI says he had great enthusiasm during the Second Vatican Council, but acknowledges the difficulties the Church has faced since those years.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi recounted the Pope’s words during the most recent edition of the Vatican Television program “Octava Dies.” The Vatican spokesman was commenting on the Holy Father’s question-and-answer session last Tuesday […]

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Saint Martha

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Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus. They lived in the little town of Bethany near Jerusalem. They were dear friends of Jesus, and he often came to visit them. In fact, the Gospel tells us: “Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary and Lazarus.” It was St. Martha who lovingly served the Lord […]

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From a letter of Saint Catherine of Siena to Blessed Raymond of Capua

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“Be a true spouse of the Truth”

Most beloved father in our dear Christ Jesus. I Catherine, a minister and servant of the servants of Jesus Christ write you in his precious blood. I desire that you become a true spouse of the Truth himself, that you follow him and love him.
I see no way of […]

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Stability

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Statutes of the Carthusian Order 
Book 3, Chapter 30
Stability
  1 A monk’s surrender of himself to God will not be really perfect unless he faithfully persevere in that intention all the days of his life - as, indeed, at solemn Profession, he freely promised to do. Since this is an irrevocable commitment, before making it, he should first sit […]