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Louisiana candidate decries anti-Catholic political ads

August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Yesterday CWNews.com reported that in Louisiana, a Catholic gubernatorial candidate has protested opponents’ campaign ads that depict him as intolerant of Protestants.
Bobby Jindal, a Republican candidate, cited a television ad run by Democratic Party leaders in some heavily Protestant areas. The ad charges that Jindal thinks of Protestants as “scandalous, depraved, selfish, and heretical.”
The ad is [...]

Aug

23

On Wealth

August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Although a Good in Itself, Not an Absolute Good”
Here is a translation provided by the Vatican’s semi-official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, of Benedict XVI’s Aug. 5 address before praying the Angelus at Castel Gandolfo.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Word of God spurs us to reflect on what our [...]

Aug

23

Saint Rose of Lima

August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

This South American saint was born in Lima, Peru, in 1586. Her real name was Isabel, but she was such a beautiful baby that she was called Rose. She received the sacrament of Confirmation from St. Turibius, archbishop of Lima. We celebrate his feast on March 23. As Rose grew older, she became more and [...]

Aug

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Pontiff Invites Youth: Let Mary Protect You

August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI invited young people to put themselves under the protection of Mary. The Pope said this today at the end of the general audience in Paul VI Hall, on the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “We raise our gaze to heaven to contemplate the splendor of the Holy Mother of [...]

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God Desires Our Thirst for Him, Says Pope

August 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

Calls St. Gregory Nazianzen a “Great Teacher”
Benedict XVI says that prayer is the encounter of God’s thirst for us and our thirst for him, as St. Gregory Nazianzen said.
The Pope dedicated his reflection at today’s general audience to St. Gregory, a fourth-century bishop.
The Holy Father introduced the reflection saying that he would summarize some of [...]

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