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Sick People May Perceive the Merciful Love of God

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  Early this morning, Benedict XVI visited the Roman hospital of St. John the Baptist, which belongs to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and specializes in treating people suffering from neurological disorders.
  The Holy Father celebrated Mass then went on to visit the reanimation unit, an advanced structure for the cure and rehabilitation of […]

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Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for December

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for December is: “That human society may be solicitous in the care of all those stricken with AIDS, especially children and women, and that the Church may make them feel the Lord’s love.”
  His mission intention is: “That the incarnation of the Son of God, which the Church celebrates […]

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Counter Relativism with Fundamental Truths

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received members of a Forum of Catholic-inspired Non Governmental Organizations, who are currently in Rome to reflect on the contribution they can offer, “in close collaboration with the Holy See, to the solution of the many problems and challenges associated with the various activities of the United […]

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Petition Prayer

December 3, 2007 | 9 Comments

Petition Prayer for the Peace of Christ to descend on all of us this Christmas
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, In piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and […]

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From the Pastor’s Desk

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

When we find imperfection in people we generally stop loving them. This may be the very reason they remain imperfect, because they have no one to love them into perfection. There are many amiable qualities in the unregenerate; even in a decayed condition there are remnants of honesty and decency. One great sin in a […]

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Pontiff: God Does Not Abandon the Sick

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Visits Hospital of the Order of Malta
By Mirko TestaEven in sickness God gives comfort and “the power of his love” to those who abandon themselves to him, says Benedict XVI.
These were the Pope’s words on his visit this morning to San Giovanni Battista Hospital of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which for 35 years […]

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Encyclical Seen as Tackling Urgent Need

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Papal Aide Comments on “Spe Salvi”
Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the theological virtue of hope confronts one of the most urgent problems of our time, says a Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, analyzed on the most recent edition of the Vatican television weekly “Octava Dies” the context of the […]

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The Hidden Costs of Gambling

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Social and Economic Problems Exact a High Toll
By Father John Flynn, LCThe past decade saw an enormous increase in gambling opportunities in many countries. Protests by those concerned over the social impact were largely ignored by governments eager for easy revenue.
The first signs, albeit tentative, are appearing of an inversion in policy on extending gambling. […]

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