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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
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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
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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, [...]



