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Bishops Brief Benedict XVI on Holy Land

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Benedict XVI got a firsthand report of the situation of Christians in the Holy Land today.The Pope was visited by eight prelates from the Conference of Latin Bishops in the Arab Regions, among whom was Archbishop Michel Sabbah, patriarch of Jerusalem.
The bishops, from countries such as Israel, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, visited the Pope for […]

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Communique on Pope’s Audience with President of Benin

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  The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
  “This morning in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Thomas Yayi Boni, president of the Republic of Benin. The illustrious guest subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., and […]

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Cardinal Bertone: Military Made for Peace

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Benedict XVI’s secretary of state says that armed forces should be at the service of peace.Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone affirmed this Sunday when he celebrated a day of peace organized in Rome by the military ordinariate of Italy.
The cardinal presided over the celebration in the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, and offered the military chaplains […]

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Where It’s Not Easy Being Christian

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Web Site Details Christianophobia in Europe
International organizations need to know that being a Christian in Europe sometimes means being the victim of Christianophobia, say the promoters of a new Web site detailing this phenomenon.The “Europe for Christ!” network launched www.christianophobia.eu from Vienna to both explain what Christianophobia is, and to tell how Europeans have experienced […]

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Cardinal Arinze on Language in Liturgy

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Here is Cardinal Francis Arinze’s Nov. 11 speech at the Gateway Liturgical Conference, held in Missouri. The cardinal is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.* * *
GATEWAY LITURGICAL CONFERENCE
ADDRESS OF HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL FRANCIS ARINZE
St Louis, Missouri (U.S.A.)
Saturday, 11 November 2006
1. Excelling Dignity of Liturgical Prayer
The Church which […]

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Families Feuds, Continued

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No End in Sight for Church-State Debates
By Father John Flynn, LCFamily issues were at the center of many heated debates last year in a number of countries. The coming year, in all likelihood, will see continued conflict over matters such as divorce laws, same-sex unions, and government support, or the lack of it, for married […]

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Saint Macrina

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On January 2, we celebrated the feast of a grandchild of today’s saint. St. Basil the Great, who was born around 329, came from a family of saints. Macrina, his father’s mother, was one of his favorites. She seems to have raised Basil. As an adult, he praised his grandmother for all the good she […]