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May
5
Caritas at Work in Cyclone-Devastated Myanmar
May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The aid agency Caritas Internationalis is at work in Myanmar, where the death toll is nearing 4,000 after Saturday’s pounding from Tropical Cyclone Nargis.Caritas is coordinating relief efforts for its 162 national members and working with staff in the region. But they said communications to Myanmar have been severely affected and a clear picture of […]
May
5
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., said the decision of whether or not to give Communion to pro-abortion politicians rests on the shoulders of local bishops.In an column today in My Catholic Standard, a newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, Archbishop Donald Wuerl said he “thought it would be helpful once again to highlight a number […]
May
5
On the evening of May 3rd, Benedict XVI presided at the praying of the Rosary in the Roman basilica of St. Mary Major, “Marian temple par excellence” in which, as the Holy Father recalled, the image of Mary “Salus Populi Romani” is venerated.
“In the experience of my generation”, he said, “May evenings evoke pleasant […]
May
5
According to a note published today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday 10 May, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India, will take possession of the title of St. Paul of the Cross a “Corviale”, in Via Poggio Verde 319, Rome.
The communique also announces […]
May
5
At 5 p.m. tomorrow May 6 in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, 33 new recruits will be sworn in as members of the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the presence of members of the Roman Curia, diplomatic representatives and civil and religious authorities from Switzerland. Twenty will take their oath in German, […]
May
5
Pope Thanks Swiss Guard for Their Service
May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This morning the Holy Father received 33 new recruits to the Pontifical Swiss Guard accompanied by their families and by other members of the Corps. In keeping with tradition, the new recruits will swear their oath of allegiance tomorrow, 6 May, in a ceremony to be held in the Vatican.
In his talk to […]
May
5
Novena of the Holy Spirit Day Four
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Prayer of St. Maximilian Kolbe
O my God, my only happiness—how can I come to know you more perfectly? I see your creatures and I am enchanted; I give thanks and I love you, but these do not suffice for me, as you know so well; but I do not see or hear you. I desire […]
May
5
Transforming Love
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A Christian Message for the World
By Father John Flynn, LCChristians are called upon to spread a message of hope in a troubled world, says Carl Anderson in a new book.
In “A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World” (HarperOne), he starts by referring to the division between what Pope John […]
