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Poll: Americans Like the Pope

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A majority of Americans — even those who are not Catholic — say they have a favorable or very favorable view of Benedict XVI, according to a poll leading up to the Pope’s trip to the United States.
The supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, announced the results of a poll taken by […]

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Benedict XVI to Visit Memorial to Witnesses of the Faith

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  At 5.20 p.m. on Monday 7 April, the Pope will make a visit to the memorial to witnesses of the faith of the 20th and 21st centuries, which is located in the Basilica of St. Bartholomew on Rome’s Isola Tiberina.
  This visit marks the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Sant’Egidio Community, which […]

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Postulator Named to Sister Lucia’s Cause

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Spanish Father Ildefonso Moriones was named the postulator of the cause of beatification of Sister Lucia, one of the three Fatima visionaries.
Father Moriones was named by Bishop Albino Cleto of Coimbra, the general postulator for the Order of Discalced Carmelites. According to the diocesan news service, the Vatican has already approved the appointment.
In February, on […]

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Church Offers Mediation for Ingrid Betancourt

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The Diocese of San José del Guaviare offered the services of three priests to mediate the release of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
Betancourt, who also has French citizenship, was kidnapped in the San Vicente del Caguan region
by the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in February 2002, at the height of her presidential campaign. […]

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Vatican to Consider Grandparents’ Roles

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The plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Family will be dedicated this year to the theme of grandparents.
The assembly on “Grandparents: Their Testimony and Presence in the Family” begins Thursday in the Vatican and ends Saturday. Organizers of the conference aim to highlight grandparents’ role of keeping families together; supporting and caring for […]

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Ascension Catholic Community Ministry of Intercession for April

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
We give thanks for all your prayers on behalf of Ascension Parish, the community and the world. Please pray for the following intentions:
For the Pope’s intention that even in difficult and complex situations of present-day society, Christians may never tire of proclaiming with their lives Christ’s resurrection, the source of […]