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Kids in Conflict

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Calls For an End to Child Soldiers
By Father John Flynn, LCIt’s time to penalize those who use children in conflicts, the U.N. Security Council was told in a recent debate. On Feb. 12 the council held a daylong session on the question of child soldiers.
In his address to the meeting the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative […]

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Vatican Urges Caution in Kosovo Situation

February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Asks for Avoidance of Violence
After Kosovo declared independence today, the Holy See particularly urged Serbian and Kosovar leaders to be prudent and avoid violence.
In a note published on the Vatican Radio Web site, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, responded to those who have asked about the Holy See’s position on […]

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Muslim Laws and Western Society

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Altercation Over Anglican Leader’s Comments
By Father John Flynn, LCRemarks made about the introduction of Shariah — a strict form of Muslim law — by England’s Anglican leader, Archbishop Rowan Williams, sparked off a storm of criticism. His comments, made in the form of a speech and a separate interview with the BBC, caused such a […]

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Pope Thanks the Preacher of the Spiritual Exercises

February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

  This morning in the Vatican’s “Redemptoris Mater” Chapel, at the conclusion of the Roman Curia’s spiritual exercises, the Pope expressed thanks, in the name of all those present, to the preacher Cardinal Albert Vanhoye S.J. The theme of this year’s exercises was: “Let us welcome Christ, our High Priest. ‘Since, then, we have a […]

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Instruction on the Diocesan Inquiry of Causes of Saints

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  In the Holy See Press Office this morning, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presented the Instruction “Sanctorum Mater” for conducting diocesan or eparchial enquiries in the causes of saints.
  Cardinal Saraiva was accompanied by Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto and Msgr. Marcello Bartolucci, respectively secretary and […]

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Cardinal Cordes Visits India

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  A communique made public today announces that Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, the Vatican dicastery that promotes the Holy See’s charitable activities, has travelled to India to meet with bishops of that country’s episcopal conference who are meeting in plenary assembly at Jamshedpur.
  The assembly is reflecting on […]