Feb

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Consistory on Several Causes of Canonisation

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, 1 March, in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, an Ordinary Public Consistory will be held for the canonisation of the following Blesseds:
- Blessed Gaetano Errico, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1791-1860).
 - Blessed Maria Bernarda […]

Feb

26

Pope Sends Economic Aid for Flood Victims in Ecuador

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  The Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” has, in the Holy Father’s name, sent a first consignment of emergency economic aid to the 11 Ecuadorian dioceses affected by recent flooding, according to a communique made public at midday today.
  During the Angelus of Sunday 24 February, Benedict XVI launched an appeal for Ecuador “inviting everyone to […]

Feb

26

Cardinal Bertone to Visit Armenia and Azerbaijan

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  At midday today, the Holy See Press Office released the following communique:
  “From 2 to 9 March, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. will - at the invitation of the religious and civil authorities - make a visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the course of which he will have the opportunity to […]

Feb

26

The Heart

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“‘I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a
heart of flesh instead,’ says the prophet. In other words, it is in my
sensing and material self that God wishes to dwell. The Incarnate Word
has come to meet me in the depths of my human nature, however
unresponsive that nature might appear. In […]

Feb

26

Growing Interest in Pope’s Visit to Australia

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  The Special Council for Oceania of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops held its ninth meeting in Rome on 14 and 15 February, according to a communique made public yesterday afternoon.
  Under the presidency of Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, the meeting was attended by two cardinals, […]