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Aug
26
On Passing Through the Narrow Gate
August 26, 2007 | 2 Comments
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Even today’s liturgy proposes to us an illuminating and troubling phrase of Christ. During his last trip up to […]
Aug
26
Faith Needs Reason, But Also Love, Says Expert
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Interfaith Panel Revisits Regensburg Lecture
Without love, faith will fall short of its goal, and reason will lack a foundation, concluded a professor of Islamic sciences during an interreligious reflection on Benedict XVI’s Regensburg address.
Wa’il Farouq, a professor of Islamic Sciences at the Coptic-Catholic Faculty of Sakini in Cairo, said this Wednesday during the Meeting for […]
Aug
26
Indian Prelate Condemns Twin Blasts
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Tells Local Parishes to Be on High Alert
The archbishop of Hyderabad condemned the back-to-back bombings that left 42 dead in the Southern Indian city, and warned nearby parishes to be on “high alert.”
Archbishop Marampudi Joji said that the local Church “condemns this terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms,” reported AsiaNews.
“It is horrendous that elements […]
Aug
26
What the Heart of Jesus Teaches Us
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
He showed them his hands, and his side.
St. John 20:20
Videte manus et pedes…; et ostendit eis latus. See and read in this book of life what I have done for you, says our Lord, look at the many lessons I have taught you. See My Feet, My Hands, and My Side. Behold this open book […]
Aug
26
Saint Elizabeth Bichier
August 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Elizabeth was born in 1773. As a little girl, her favorite game was building castles in the sand. Many years later, this holy French woman had to take charge of building convents for the order of nuns she founded. “I guess building was meant to be my business,” she joked, “since I started it so […]
