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Pope to US: Rights of All Should Be Considered

February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

Receives Credentials of Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon
All decision-making affecting the future of the international community should take into account the rights of all members of the human family, Benedict XVI told the new U.S. envoy to the Holy See.
The Pope said this today upon receiving the letters of credence of Mary Ann Glendon. In 2004, [...]

Feb

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Pope Urges Release of Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul

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Benedict XVI urged the release of the Chaldean archbishop of Mosul who was abducted by gunmen today in the northern Iraqi city.AsiaNews reported that Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho had just left Mosul’s Holy Spirit Cathedral when he was kidnapped in the al-Nour district in the eastern section of the city. Three people who accompanied him [...]

Feb

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Conferees: Aid Not a Cure-all for Poverty

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“Populorum Progressio” Event Focuses on Development
By Carrie Gress
When considering the problem of poverty, instead of looking at why people are poor, we should consider what creates wealth, said a participant in a Rome conference commemorating the encyclical “Populorum Progressio.”
Michael Miller, the director of programs for the Acton Institute, a Michigan and Rome-based think tank, affirmed [...]

Feb

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2nd Lenten Sermon of Father Cantalamessa

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“Keep Us From Pronouncing Useless Words When We Speak of You”
Here is a translation of the Lenten meditation delivered today by Capuchin Father Rainero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household, to Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia, titled “‘For Every Useless Word’: Speaking ‘as With Words of God.’”This is the second in a series of [...]

Feb

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Reply from Doctrine of the Faith on Baptismal Formulae

February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

  Made public today were the responses of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to two questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred with certain non-standard formulae.
  The first question is: “Is a Baptism valid if conferred with the words ‘I baptise you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, [...]

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