Dec
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Teachers Lauded as Key to Promoting Vocations
December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Considered Instrumental in Helping Youth Find Call to Priesthood
Teachers have a key role in helping youth discover a calling to the priesthood, but they need to first have a sense of their own mission as educators, concluded a group of vocations directors meeting in Spain.The officials from England and Wales gathered last month at the [...]
Dec
19
A Christless Christmas Is Senseless, Says Pope
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Notes That Without God-Made-Man, It’s an “Empty Holiday”
A Christmas celebrated without mention of the birth of Christ is an “empty holiday,” said Benedict XVI in a meditation given during the final days of Advent.”What sense does it make to celebrate Christmas if we don’t acknowledge that God has become man,” the Pope asked today upon [...]
Dec
19
On the Birth of Christ
December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Here is a translation of the reflection on Christmas that Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in Paul VI Hall.* * *
Dear brothers and sisters!
As we approach the great feast of Christmas, the liturgy encourages us to intensify our preparation, placing at our disposal numerous biblical texts from the Old and the New [...]
Dec
19
Logo Unveiled for Pope’s U.S. Trip
December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The message “Christ Our Hope” over an image of Benedict XVI before the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica is the logo for the Pope’s visit to the United States, April 15-20. The papal visit will be highlighted by a trip to the United Nations, in response to an invitation from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The [...]
Dec
19
Blessed Urban V
December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Blessed Urban’s name before he became pope was William de Grimoard. He was born in France in 1310 and became a Benedictine monk. After being given many high positions, he became pope. At this time, the pope lived in a city called Avignon, in France.
However, Urban made up his mind to go to Rome, because [...]
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