May

6

Official Visit of Catholicos Karekin II

May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, will make an official visit to the Church of Rome and to the Holy Father from 6 to 9 May.
According to a communique released by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the patriarch will be accompanied by 18 bishops of the Catholicosate of [...]

May

6

Telegram for Victems of Cyclone in Myanmar

May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. has sent a telegram, in the Pope’s name, to Archbishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng of Mandalay, and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar, for the cyclone which struck the country recently, leaving thousands of victims in its wake. The text of the English-language telegram is given below:
“Deeply [...]

May

6

Novena of the Holy Spirit Day Five

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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

6

Opus Dei Cardinal Forbids Communion in the Hand

May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

The brave voice of Cardinal Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima, Peru, now cries out from the wilderness: There will be no Communion in the hand in my diocese!
The Cardinal has some strong words regarding liturgical abuse and communion in the hand. In the article, the Cardinal faults the Roman Curia after Vatican II. [...]