Oct

16

Meeting of the Special Council for America

October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A communique was made public today
concerning the 12th meeting of the special council for America of the
  General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. The council was held from October 12 to 13.
  Under the presidency of Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, the meeting was attended by four cardinals and […]

Oct

16

Pressing Commitment to the Right to Food

October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

Benedict XVI has written a Message to Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the occasion of World Food Day, an annual event organized by the FAO every October 16.
With the theme chosen for this year’s Day, “the right to food,” writes the Holy Father in his message, […]

Oct

16

Saint Margaret Mary

October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Margaret Mary lived in the seventeenth century. She is the famous French nun to whom Jesus showed his Sacred Heart. As a child, she was a happy little girl who loved the nuns at school. But when she was eleven, she became very sick. It was four years before she was well again. Her father […]

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