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Benedict XVI Wishes Alexy II Well

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Metropolitan Kirill Visits Vatican
Benedict XVI wished good health to Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia upon receiving in audience Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.The Pope and the president of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate met today in the Vatican, announced the Press Office of the Holy See.
Interfax, a [...]

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Family Seen as Scapegoat for All Evils

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Theologian Says Marriage Isn’t Attracting Youth
The negative image surrounding marriage as the source for many personal problems is making it difficult for young to become enthusiastic about the institution, said an Italian author and theologian.Carla Rossi Espagnet is co-author of “Marriage and the Family in the Documents of the Magisterium: A Course in the Theology [...]

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Observer Named for Tourism Group

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI named Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, the apostolic nuncio in Spain, as permanent observer of the Holy See to the World Tourism Organization. The Vatican announced the appointment today. The World Tourism Organization, in which 153 member states are represented, has been an agency of the United Nations since 2003. Its headquarters are [...]

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Benedict XVI Attends First Sermon of Advent

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  This morning, in the Vatican’s “Redemptoris Mater” chapel, the Pope attended the first sermon of Advent, delivered, in keeping with tradition, by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Pontifical Household. The theme of this year’s meditations is taken from the Letter to the Hebrews (1, 2): “He has spoken to us by [...]

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Lights and Shadows of Church Life in Asia

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

  The 11th Meeting of the Special Council for Asia of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops was held in Rome on November 20, under the presidency of Archbishop Nicola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of bishops, according to a communique made public today.
  During the meeting, attention was focussed on “the [...]

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