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Our Lady of Victory Abbey in Kenya, East Africa

January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

The following prayer request comes from the Trappist (Benedictine Rule) monks of the Abbey of the Genesee in upstate New York. 
Our Trappist brothers of Our Lady of Victory Abbey in Kenya, East Africa find themselves right in the middle of the violence that erupted in that country. The following bulletin was posted on the Order’s […]

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Holy See: Cluster Bombs Never Acceptable

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Says Neither Military Nor Financial Pretexts Validate Their Use
Both military and financial excuses to defend the use of cluster bombs are unacceptable, the Holy See says.Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. offices in Geneva, affirmed this during a session for a group of government experts from states that have accepted […]

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Encountering Christ Changed St. Augustine’s Life

January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

  In today’s general audience, held this morning in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope again dedicated his catechesis (for the third time) to the figure of St. Augustine.
  The Holy Father recalled how in 1986, for the sixteenth centenary of the conversion of this Doctor of the Church, John Paul II wrote the Apostolic […]

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Cancun Mega-Basilica to Open in 2 Years

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The apostolic nuncio in Mexico said there is something missing in the tourist center of Cancun: a structure to remind people about God.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre welcomed plans for a basilica that will serve as a base for ministry to tourists and locals. On Jan. 23, he blessed a 10,000 square meter (2.5 acre) terrain that […]

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Israel’s President Visits Nazareth

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The president of Israel visited Nazareth on Monday, welcomed by the Franciscan caretakers of the Holy Land.
Shimon Peres was also received by Nazareth’s mayors and other civil and religious leaders. After the official welcome, Peres visited Nazareth’s basilica and was given an explanation of the sanctuary. He then gave an address.
A visit to the Grotto […]