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Novena to Maria Bambina

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Holy Child Mary of the royal house of David, Queen of the angels,
Mother of grace and love, I greet you with all my heart.
Obtain for me the grace to love the Lord faithfully during
all the days of my life. Obtain for me, too, a great devotion
to you, who are the first creature of God’s love.Hail [...]

Aug

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Cardinal Bertone Promotes Rosary in Peru

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told seminarians in Peru that their task is holiness, and that one of the ways to achieve it is by praying the rosary.
The Secretary of State said this Wednesday when visiting an archdiocesan seminary in Peru.
He recommended the rosary saying that, “in praying it, we follow His Holiness Benedict XVI, who recites [...]

Aug

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Irish Abortion Rates Fall for 6th Straight Year

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

According to new statistics, the number of Irish women seeking abortions in Britain has fallen by almost 25% in the last six years.
The U.K. Department of Health released figures revealing the number of women allegedly giving Irish addresses in British abortion clinics had decreased by 540 between 2005 and 2006, the Irish Catholic reported.
The abortion [...]

Aug

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Chinese Father Jiang Released

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The chancellor of the Wenzhou Diocese has been released after 11 months of detainment. Father Paolo Jiang Sunian was released last Friday, Asia News reported. Father Jiang and the diocese’s vicar general, Father Peter Shao Zhumin, 46, were arrested together in Shenzhen in September 2006, shortly after their return from a pilgrimage to Europe. No [...]

Aug

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Saint Pammachius

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Pammachius was a distinguished Christian layman who lived in the fourth century. As a young student, he had become friends with St. Jerome. They remained friends all their lives and kept an ongoing correspondence. His wife was Paulina, the second daughter of St. Paula, another good friend of St. Jerome. When Paulina died in 397, [...]