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Promoting Full Employment and Decent Work

February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  On 7 February, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, addressed the 46th session of the Commission for Social Development of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which was held in New York from 6 to 15 February.
  In his English-language talk, the text of which was […]

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Pontifical Acts

February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Holy Father:
 - Appointed Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, apostolic nuncio to Ivory Coast, as apostolic nuncio to Croatia.
 - Appointed Fr. Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez, vice rector of the minor seminary of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Fr. Juan Humberto Gutierrez Valencia, canon and rector of the cathedral of Guadalajara, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Guadalajara (area […]

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Saint John Baptist of the Conception

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This Spanish reformer of the Trinitarian Order was born to Marcos García and Isabel López Rico on 10 July 1561 in Almadóvar del Campo (Ciudad Real).  He early evidenced remarkable spirituality and love for recollection.  The story is told of the visit of St. Teresa of Avila to John’s  boyhood home and of her greeting […]

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St. Valentine’s Day

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St. Valentine of Rome, a martyr, was a priest, or possibly bishop, in 3rd century Rome. Little is known about St. Valentine, but he is believed to have been a physician, imprisoned for giving aid to jailed martyrs, and while there, converting the jailer to Christianity by restoring sight to the jailer’s daughter. He was […]