Dec
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Sanctity Is for All Ages
December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received a group of young people from Italian Catholic Action (ACI), for a traditional exchange of Christmas good wishes.
The Pope greeted Luigi Alici, national president of ACI, and Bishop Domenico Sigalini of Palestrina, Italy, recently appointed as the group’s general ecclesiastical assistant, then began his remarks by […]
Dec
21
Benedict XVI Meets Roman Curia For Christmas Greetings
December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This morning in the Clementine Hall, the Holy Father held his traditional meeting with cardinals, archbishops, bishops and members of the Roman Curia, for the exchange of Christmas greetings.
“The Curia is a ‘working community’,” said the Pope opening his address, “held together by bonds of fraternal love which the Christmas festivities serve to […]
Dec
21
La Certosa di Casotto
December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Publication: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Publication Date: 07/01/1997
Author: Ocker, Christopher
The excavations of the Carthusian monastery of Casotto sponsored by
the Faculty of Archaeology of the University of Turin from 1986 to
1988 did not unearth construction from before the fifteenth century,
but Silvio Chiaberto draws on sparse documentary evidence and
medieval Carthusian architectural practices to reconstruct layout
and buildings from […]



