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Monsignor Calipari Encourages Doctor-Patient Alliance

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By Marta Lago
Life-support options should take into consideration the dignity of the person in order to avoid both excessive measures and possible neglect, says a theologian of the Pontifical Academy of Life.
Monsignor Maurizio Calipari told the two-day international congress of the Pontifical Academy for Life that took place last week in Rome that in order […]

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On Leo the Great

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Here is a translation of the greetings Benedict XVI gave today to Italian students at St. Peter’s Basilica before giving his weekly general audience catechesis in Paul VI Hall.* * *
[Greeting to Italian Students in St. Peter’s Basilica]
Dear brothers and sisters,
I am happy to receive you in the basilica and to extend a warm welcome […]

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Prayer of the Penitent

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My God,
I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong
and failing to do good.
I have sinned against you
whom I should love above all things.
I firmly intend, with your help,
to do penance
to sin no more,
and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.
Our Savior Jesus Christ
suffered and died for us.
In his name, […]

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Reconciliation Weekend

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Journey Back To God
  The reconciling love of God is made available to His people through Baptism, the holy sacrifice of the Mass, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Through genuine contrition, confession, penance, and absolution, the believer is led to true conversion - a change of heart. St. Augustine reminds us that the church “possesses […]

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Leo The Great, Tireless Promoter of Roman Primacy

March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

  St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, was the subject of Benedict XVI’s catechesis during this morning’s general audience. The Holy Father greeted pilgrims gathered in the Vatican Basilica before going on to the Paul VI Hall where more than six thousand people were waiting to hear him speak.
  St. Leo […]