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Papal Calendar Released for February Through April

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On the third anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death, Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass for him in St. Peter’s Square.This is one of the events on the schedule of celebrations to be presided over by the Pope through April. The schedule was released today by the Vatican.
Feb. 24, the Third Sunday of Lent, the […]

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Former Soviet Country Celebrates Lourdes Apparitions

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Conference Focuses on a Future Accompanied by Mary
Orthodox and Russians gathered in Minsk with Catholics of Belarus to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mary’s apparitions in Lourdes and to consider Our Lady’s role in their personal and national history.Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk led the celebration, titled “Into the Future With the Immaculata.”
The apostolic nuncio […]

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Pope Urges More Spiritual Exercises

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Says This Form of Retreat Can Offer Experience of God
Benedict XVI is promoting retreats known as spiritual exercises, saying the days of prayer are an opportunity of a strong experience of God.In an audience Saturday with the Italian Federation of Spiritual Exercises, the Pope made an appeal for the promotion of the retreats, which are […]

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Cardinals’ Letter Promoting Marian Dogma

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Here is an English translation of the letter written by the five cardinal co-sponsors of the Fatima Symposium on Marian Co-redemption and sent to the world’s bishops and cardinals asking them to sign a petition that asks Benedict XVI to proclaim Mary as the Spiritual Mother of Humanity.The letter was sent Jan. 1, solemnity of […]

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Meeting Cuba’s Contemplatives

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Interview With Dominican Sisters in Havana
By Eduardo Quiñones GarcíaDominican contemplative nuns have been praying for 320 years in Havana, and their vocation is a source of great joy, says the current prioress.
ZENIT visited the convent of St. Catherine of Siena in Nuevo Vedado, Cuba, founded in 1688. The first nuns were Cuban natives who wanted […]

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Loneliness

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Don’t surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes soft,
My voice so tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear
by Hafiz

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