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Christian Leaders of Jerusalem Appeal for Peace

March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The patriarchs and heads of Churches in Jerusalem appealed for an end to the “infernal cycle” of violence between Israel and the Palestinians that continues to affect the Middle East.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, Armenian Orthodox Patriarch Torkom Manooghian, the Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Michel Sabbah, and Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custos of the […]

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Pontifical Acts

March 11, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Holy Father:
 - Erected the new diocese of Fajardo-Humacao (area 574, population 293,000, Catholics 97,869, priests 22) Puerto Rico, with territory taken from the archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico and from the diocese of Caguas, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan church of San Juan de Puerto Rico.
He appointed Fr. Eusebio Ramos […]

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Reflection

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The Carthusians
Origin-Spirit- Family Life; Revised Edition
Parkminster Press, Partridge Green, Sussex
(Page 118, #4)
The Carthusian Monk is essentially a contemplative. He reproduces and continues in the Church the hidden and suffering life of Our Lord Jesus Christ. His cell is at one and the same time Bethlehem where he begins a new life; it is Nazareth where […]

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Data Show Benefits of Families

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But Some Governments Still Work Against Marriage
By Father John Flynn, LC
Research into the family continues to confirm the importance of two parents as the best basis for bringing up children. One common problem in the last few decades is the absence of fathers, and the corresponding rise of families headed by single mothers.
A recent report […]