Sep

4

Bishops Recommend Health Care Directive

September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Designed to Prevent Another Schiavo Case
Colorado bishops are urging Catholics to be informed about end-of-life decisions and to take measures to ensure that they will receive care according to the Church’s moral principles.
A new online Catholic health care directive includes a letter from Archbishop Charles Chaput and a guideline of the Church’s principles. It also [...]

Sep

4

Salesians Oppose Israeli Barrier

September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Salesian community in the Holy Land is contesting a section of the Israeli West Bank barrier that will cut the Cremisan monastery off from its Palestinian neighbors.
Father Giovanni Laconi, vice provincial of the Salesian Province of the Middle East, released a statement Friday that protests the continuation of the barrier currently under construction in [...]

Sep

4

Martyr Chose God’s Kingdom Over Hitler’s

September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Franz Jägerstätter to Be Beatified Next Month
Franz Jägerstätter wrote that he would gladly renounce the rights that came from belonging to the Third Reich in favor of deserving the rights granted by the kingdom of God.
He was killed in 1943 and will be beatified next month.
A husband and father who lived in St. Radegund, Austria, [...]

Sep

4

American Named Nuncio to Philippines

September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed American Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams as apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. He will leave his current position as nuncio to Zimbabwe. The Vatican press office announced yesterday the appointment. Archbishop Adams replaces Archbishop Fernando Filoni, who served in the nunciature of the Philippines until he was appointed “sostituto” for general affairs at [...]

Sep

4

Empty the Heart

September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Empty the heart of everything except love.
Let love alone live, move and have its being.
When you no longer know how to pray then true prayer begins.
The Lord comes to make His home within you.
When our many quick words stop one word is spoken within us.
The Father speaks the word Jesus.
The physical expression of Gods love [...]

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