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Love, Marriage and Happy Kids

November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Reports Show that Family Life Is Highly Beneficial
By Father John Flynn, LC The increasing trend toward cohabitation as an alternative to marriage brings with it severe disadvantages for children. The latest confirmation of how children suffer when brought up outside a stable marriage between a man and a woman came in a lengthy article published Nov. […]

Nov

26

Saint John Berchmans

November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This Belgian saint once said, “If I do not become a saint when I am young, I shall never become one.” In fact, he died at the early age of twenty-two-and he had, without any doubt, reached his goal of sanctity.
John was born in 1599. As a child, he stayed very close to his sick […]

Nov

26

Papal Homily at the Consistory

November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the homily that Benedict XVI gave during Saturday’s ordinary public consistory in which he elevated 23 new cardinals.* * *
Lord Cardinals,
Venerable Brothers of the Episcopate and Priesthood,
Dear brothers and sisters!
Today — in this Vatican basilica, heart of the Christian world — is renewed a significant and solemn ecclesial event: the […]