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Monasteries: Places of Spiritual Power

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Shortly after 4.30 p.m. yesterday, the Holy Father arrived by car at the abbey of Heiligenkreuz, 30 kilometers from Vienna. It is the largest Cistercian monastery in Europe and the oldest in the world to have remained open uninterruptedly since its foundation, in 1135.
  The name Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) is due to a relic of […]

Sep

10

Without The Lord’s Day, Sunday, Life Does Not Flourish

September 10, 2007 | 1 Comment

Yesterday morning the Pope celebrated Mass in Vienna’s cathedral of St. Stephen, a Gothic structure with a campanile 136 meters high and a frontage incorporating two Roman towers more than 60 meters high.
  A procession prior to the ceremony led the Pope 100 meters to the cathedral entrance.
  In his homily, Benedict XVI reflected upon the […]

Sep

10

Benedict XVI: Have Confidence in the Truth

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Says Proclaiming Faith Isn’t Arrogance
The origin of the current crisis of the West is a loss of confidence in the truth, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this Saturday during the open-air Mass he presided over at the Marian shrine of Mariazell in Austria, which commemorated the 850th anniversary of the founding of the pilgrimage site.
In […]

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U.S. Senate Urged to Boost Aid for World’s Poor

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

But Not for Abortions, Clarify Catholic Leaders
Catholic leaders are urging the U.S. Senate to support funding for urgent humanitarian and development activities for the world’s poorest countries, but not for abortion services.
The request was made in a letter signed by Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ conference international policy committee, and […]

Sep

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Papal Homily in Cathedral of Vienna

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Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered today during the Mass he presided over in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
“Sine dominico non possumus!” Without the gift of the Lord, without the Lord’s day, we cannot live: That was the answer given in the year 304 by […]

Sep

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Father Cantalamessa on Following Christ

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from today’s liturgy.
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If anyone follows me …
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wisdom 9:13-18b; Philemon 9b-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33
The Gospel reading for today is one of those that we would be tempted to smooth out and […]

Sep

10

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Nicholas was born in 1245 in Ancona, Italy. His parents had waited long and anxiously for a child. Nicholas was the answer to prayer and a pilgrimage the couple had made to the shrine of St. Nicholas of Bari. The couple was so grateful to the saint that they named their baby after him. When […]

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