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Collaboration between Church and State for Good of Man

October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In the Vatican today, Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy, the Holy Father received the Letters of Credence of Antonio Zanardi Landi, Italy’s new ambassador to the Holy See.
  In his talk to the diplomat, the Pope referred to the “mutual collaboration” between Church and State “for the promotion of mankind [...]

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Vatican Secret Archives: “Processus contra Templarios”

October 4, 2007 | 12 Comments

On October 25 in the Vatican’s Old Synod Hall, the presentation will take place of the “Processus contra Templarios,” a book published by the Vatican Secret Archives on the subject of the Knights Templar, the medieval military-religious order founded in Jerusalem in 1118 and suppressed by Pope Clement V (1305-1314).
  According to a communique made [...]

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Prayer in Honor of the Sacred Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi

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O Lord Jesus Christ, Who when the world was growing cold, in order that the hearts of men might burn anew with the fire of Your love, did in the flesh of the most blessed Francis reproduce the stigmata of Your passion: be mindful of his merits and prayers; and in Your mercy vouchsafe to [...]

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Saint Francis of Assisi

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Francis was born around 1181. As a young man in his Italian hometown of Assisi, he loved parties and good times. He was handsome and rich, so he bought himself the finest clothes and spent money freely. Francis had no desire to study or to learn his father’s business-he just wanted to have fun. After [...]