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Saint Jane Valois

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St. Jane was the daughter of King Louis XI of France. She was born in 1464. Since the king wanted a son, he was very disappointed when Jane was born. He did not even want his little daughter to live at the palace because she was deformed. When the princess was just five years old, […]

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Welcome Life, before Birth and in Its Final Stages

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  At today’s Angelus prayer on this the fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Benedict XVI entrusted various intentions to the prayers of the faithful present in St. Peter’s Square and to everyone listening to him.
  Remarking that yesterday is the Day of Consecrated Life, the Pope called for prayers for all those people whom “Christ […]

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Prayers for Kenya, Iraq and Colombia

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  After praying the Angelus yesterday with thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope invited people to pray for peace in Kenya and in Iraq, and called for an end to kidnappings in Colombia.
  “I invite you to join our brothers and sisters of Kenya, some of whom are present in St. […]

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The “Adventure” of Priesthood Is Necessary for the World

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  The afternoon of Feb 1st, the Holy Father visited Rome’s Major Pontifical Seminary for the occasion of the feast of its patroness, Our Lady of Trust. After presiding at Vespers, the Holy Father expressed his joy at having the opportunity, as Bishop of Rome, to visit “his seminary”.
  “Because the gift of being adoptive children […]

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Pius XII on Monasticism

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“That which one could call the spirituality of the desert is a profound
movement of the Spirit which will never cease as long as there are
voices to listen to the voice of the Spirit. It is not fear nor the
desire to repent nor simply prudence which populates the solitude of
the monasteries. It is the Love of […]

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Pontifical Acts

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The Holy Father:
 - Accepted the resignation from the office of patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Catholics presented by His Beatitude Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, and appointed as members of the committee that will govern the Syrian-Catholic Patriarchate until the election of a new patriarch:
- Archbishop Theophile Georges Kassab of Homs, Hama and Nabk of […]

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Pope Accepts Resignation of Syrian-Catholic Patriarch

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  Benedict XVI has written a Letter to His Beatitude Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, for the occasion of the latter’s resignation from the office of patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Catholics.
  In his Letter the Pope refers to another letter, which the patriarch sent him explaining the reasons for his decision, and he recalls […]