Feb

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Pope’s Letter to Romans on Education

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of a Jan. 21 letter on education that Benedict XVI wrote and will present at a Feb. 23 audience with teachers, students and others who directly participate in education.Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s vicar for the Diocese of Rome, sent an invitation to citizens and the faithful of Rome for the [...]

Feb

6

Pope Encourages Peace-Seekers From Mideast

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI encouraged leaders from Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan in their efforts to promote peace in the Middle East.The Pope greeted a delegation of parliamentarians from the three countries today at the general audience. The group included 12 officials from each country.
The Holy Father told them, “I offer my prayerful good wishes for their efforts [...]

Feb

6

Let us Pray

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“O my God, we are heartfully sorry for having offended thee, and we detest all our sins because of Thy just punishment, but most of all because we have offended Thee our God, Who is all good and deserving of all our love. We firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no [...]

Feb

6

Quotes for Lent

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.”
Pope John Paul II
“We all suffer for each other, and gain by each other’s suffering; for man never stands alone here, though he will stand alone hereafter; but here is he is a social being, and goes forward to his long home as [...]

Feb

6

Appeal for an End to Violence in Chad

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  At the end of today’s general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope made an appeal for an end to violence in Chad.
  “In these days”, he said, “I feel particularly close to the dear people of Chad, tormented by painful civil conflicts which have caused numerous victims and the flight of [...]

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