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From Moscow to Minsk: Prelate Continues Unity Work

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusievicz has taken ecumenical experience gained in Russia and used it to aid efforts toward Christian unity in his native Belarus. Archbishop Kondrusievicz was appointed to Minsk-Mohilev last September, after five years leading the Mother of God Archdiocese in Moscow. Thursday in Minsk, the archbishop organized a first for Belarus — an ecumenical […]

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Christ’s Healing Is the Real Thing

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gospel Commentary for 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
The Gospel passage for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time closes with these words: “Jesus went about all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and infirmity of the people.”
About one-third of […]

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Conclusion of Meeting of Synod’s Ordinary Council

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  Made public today was a communique concerning the sixth meeting of the Eleventh Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. The meeting, held on 21 and 22 January, was part of preparations for the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod, due to take place from 5 to 26 October […]

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Pope Says Prayer Got Ecumenical Wheels Turning

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Only God Can Accomplish Union, Affirms Pontiff
Prayer is the current that — along with the breath of the Holy Spirit — has moved the “ship of ecumenism” out of port, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this today at the celebration of vespers in St. Paul Outside the Walls to close the Week of Prayer for […]

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Conversion of Saint Paul

January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Paul lived at the time of Jesus but as far as we know they never met. Paul was first called Saul. As a young man, he was a very bright student of the Hebrew religion. When he grew older, he persecuted the followers of Jesus.
In the Bible’s Acts of the Apostles, we read about Saul’s […]