Sep

5

Imitate the Humility of Mary

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

At 9.30 a.m. September 2 of this year, the Holy Father travelled by popemobile to the esplanade of Montorso near Loreto, Italy, where he presided at a Eucharistic concelebration in the presence of half a million young people.
  In his homily Benedict XVI affirmed that “Jesus Christ, God made man, in Mary assumed our own […]

Sep

5

Gregory of Nyssa: Aim of Man is to Be Like God

September 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

This morning, the Pope travelled by helicopter from his summer residence at Castelgandolfo to the Vatican, where he landed shortly before 10 a.m. He then went to St. Peter’s Square where he presided at his weekly general audience, attended today by 16,000 people.
  Continuing his series of catecheses on the Fathers of the Church, the […]

Sep

5

Alexy II Honors Vatican Representative

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II has recognized the Vatican’s representative in Russia for his efforts in establishing good relations between the two Churches.
Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia has awarded Archbishop Antonio Mennini the Order of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, third degree, according to Interfax news.
Archbishop Mennini is being awarded “in recognition of […]

Sep

5

Episcopal Ordinations Set for This Month

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI will perform his first episcopal ordinations as Pontiff, ordaining later this month a former assistant private secretary of Pope John Paul II and other members of the Roman Curia.
According to reports today in the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire, the Pope will ordain Polish Monsignor Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, recently appointed as the Latin-rite coadjutor bishop […]

Sep

5

Pontifical Acts

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Vincenzo Di Mauro as the new secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. Monsignor Di Mauro, 56, leaves his position as the delegate of the ordinary section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See and will be ordained a bishop, the Vatican press […]

Sep

5

Mother Teresa Endured God’s Silence, Says Pope

September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment

Comments on Nun’s “Dark Night” to Youth
God speaks even when he doesn’t say anything, Benedict XVI told 500,000 young people in reference to the “dark night” of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
Mother Teresa’s spiritual suffering was one of the topics covered by the Pope on Saturday night, during his question-and-answer session with 500,000 youth in Loreto, […]

Sep

5

Saint Lawrence Justinian

September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Lawrence was born in Venice, Italy, in 1381. His mother sometimes thought her son was aiming too high. He always told her that he wanted to become a saint. When he was nineteen, he felt he should serve God in a special way. He asked the advice of his uncle, a holy priest of the […]

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