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Cardinal Martino Urges Values-Based Democracy

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Promotes Social Doctrine in Latin America Tour
A democracy without values, including the effort to fight poverty, is actually harmful to society, said the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Cardinal Renato Martino said that Saturday in Quito, at the inauguration of a conference on the social responsibilities of the governing class in light […]

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Archbishop Ncube Gets Pastoral Duty

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Archbishop Pius Ncube resigned from leadership of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, but will now be in charge of pastoral programs.
Archbishop Ncube resigned Sept. 11 after being accused of adultery, a charge that many see as a ploy by the government to silence the prelate. The archbishop has been a staunch defender of human rights and […]

Sep

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Bishops Should Be Like the Angels, Says Pope

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Ordains 5 Italians and 1 Pole to Episcopacy
Bishops must be “angels” for others, explained Benedict XVI on Saturday, during the ordination Mass for six more successors to the apostles.
In a crowded St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope performed his first episcopal ordinations since his election to the See of Peter.
He ordained five Italians and one Pole.
Noting […]

Sep

30

Orthodox Patriarch Greets Boston Pilgrims

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A group of Catholic and Orthodox pilgrims led by their respective leaders journeyed from Rome to Istanbul in a 10-day ecumenical pilgrimage. The 100 pilgrims, led by Catholic Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Methodios, left Boston on Sept. 16. Details of the entire pilgrimage can be found on Cardinal O’Malley’s blog, complete with […]

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Prayer For International Healing

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Heavenly Father, I kneel before You to pray now the waters of my Baptism to flow back through the generations; through all the roots of my family tree. Let the cleansing, life-giving Blood of Jesus flow through every generation - first, second, third, fourth, fifth; all the way back. Let the Blood of Jesus flow […]

Sep

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Economic and Social Impact of Aging Societies

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

By Father John Flynn, L.C.
Decades of declining birthrates are causing a rapid aging of many nation’s populations.
Romanian President Traian Basescu recently warned that his country’s population was declining and that more needs to be done to support women who have children, the Associated Press reported Sept. 18.
“Romania urgently needs to revise its demographic policies,” he […]

Sep

30

He Who Is Forgotten by All Is Not Forgotten by God

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with the people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Dear Brothers and Sister!
Today, the Gospel of Luke presents the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (16:19-31). The rich man embodies […]

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Short Prayers of Love

September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It is not the length of our prayers that give them value, but their fervor or love. If love needs much time in which to express itself, by all means let it persist in its ardour and in the movement by which it expresses itself. If, on the other hand, a word or even a […]

Sep

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Saint Jerome

September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

Jerome was a Roman Christian who lived in the fourth century. His father taught him his religion well, but sent him to a famous pagan school. There Jerome grew to love pagan writings and lost some of his love for God. Yet, in the company of a group of holy Christians, with whom he became […]

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