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Beginning to Look Like Christmas at St. Peter’s

December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cardinal to Preside at Official Tree Lighting
The 85-foot Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square, decorated with more than 2,000 ornaments, will be officially lit Friday.Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State, will preside at the official lighting ceremony. Civil and religious authorities from the region of Bolzano in northern Italy, which [...]

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Benedict XVI Urges Education as a Top Priority

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Calls Youth a Country’s Greatest Asset
Youth are a nation’s greatest resources, says Benedict XVI, who insists their education should be an international priority.The Pope affirmed this today in an address he gave to seven new ambassadors to the Holy See, coming from Thailand, Seychelles, Namibia, Gambia, Suriname, Singapore and Kuwait.
The Holy Father told the diplomats [...]

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Love

December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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Cardinal George: Pope’s Peace Message Is “Urgent”

December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The newly elected president of the U.S. bishops’ conference says Benedict XVI’s statement for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace has an urgent message for the world.Cardinal Francis George called particular attention to two of the Pope’s points in the Dec. 8 message, released Tuesday: nuclear disarmament and protection of the environment.
“Pope Benedict XVI’s [...]

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On St. Paulinus of Nola

December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Faith Is the Only Art, and Christ Is My Poetry”
Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered December 11th at the general audience in Paul VI Hall. The reflection focused on St. Paulinus, bishop of Nola.* * *
Dear brothers and sisters!
St. Paulinus of Nola is the Father of the Church to whom we turn [...]