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Mary Inspires Believers to Fight Evil, Says Cardinal

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Papal Envoy Opens Jubilee Year in Lourdes
By Marta LagoThe papal envoy sent to open the jubilee year of the Marian apparitions in Lourdes said that Mary inspires an attitude of “permanent battle” for good against the forces of evil.
Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Evangelization of People, opened the jubilee celebrations in […]

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Peace Is Learned at Home, Says Benedict XVI

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Dedicates World Day Message to Family
By looking to the family as the prototype of every social order, humanity can learn how to achieve peace, says Benedict XVI.The Pope affirmed this in his Dec. 8 message released today for the World Day of Peace, to be celebrated Jan. 1, 2008.
The Holy Father dedicated his message to […]

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Untroubled Waters

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In solitude, then, let the monk’s soul be like a tranquil lake, whose
waters well up from the purest sources of the spirit and, untroubled
by news coming from outside, like a clear mirror reflect one image
only, that of Christ.             ~From the Carthusian Statutes

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Palestinian Leader Requests Vatican Presence in Peace Talks

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Shawqi Jabriel Armali, director of the office of representation to the Holy See of the Palestine Liberation Organization, asked Benedict XVI for an “active” Vatican presence in Middle East peace talks.The Vatican press office confirmed that the Pope received the Palestinian diplomat in audience today, but did not offer any details of the meeting.
According to […]

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