May

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Cardinal Bertone Gets a Special Honor

May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Given Historical Title of Cardinal-Bishop
Benedict XVI’s secretary of state was given the dignity of cardinal-bishop, a role held by only a few cardinals.Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was assigned the historical dignity with the titular see of Frascati. The see was left vacant with the death of Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo on April 19.
Cardinal-bishops are members of […]

May

11

The Fruits of Our Solitude; Comunion

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Dear Brothers and Sister
I am writing this in the evening of Pentecost Day. Each one of us will be in our places of prayer and solitude. Like those Disciples behind closed doors.
The Disciples were behind their doors in fear. The Spirit of God has led us to our places we are in this night. Jesus […]

May

11

Benedict XVI’s Pentecost Homily

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Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave today when he celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square for the feast of Pentecost.* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The account of the event of Pentecost that we heard in the first reading is placed by St. Luke at the beginning of the Acts of the […]

May

11

Pope Invites a Rediscovery of Baptism’s Beauty

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Benedict XVI is encouraging the faithful to rediscover the beauty of being baptized in the Holy Spirit.The Pope made this invitation today from the window of his study before praying the Regina Caeli with thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father gave his traditional Sunday greeting shortly after finishing the celebration […]

May

11

On Pentecost

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Here is a translation of the greeting Benedict XVI gave today before praying the Regina Caeli with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father had just finished celebrating Mass for the feast of Pentecost.* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today we celebrate the solemnity of Pentecost, an ancient Hebrew feast in which […]

May

11

New Saint of the Rosary

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On June 3, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI canonized a Maltese priest, Father George Preca, whose devotion to the Rosary is widely considered the foundation for the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary introduced by Pope John Paul II in the 2002 encyclical letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, which the pontiff wrote to inaugurate a Year of the […]

May

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The Way of Prayer

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“The Holy Spirit is in charge of the whole of this transformation. It is the Spirit who acts in us as the principle of our sanctification. He inclines the soul to these supernatural acts, not by passing through the faculties, from outside, but from inside, from his dwelling in the centre, in the substance of […]

May

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Feast of the Holy Abbots of Cluny

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Latin: 
Deus, qui perfecte ambulantium coram te praesidium es et merces magna nimis,
perfice, quaesumus, in nobis sanctae religionis affectum, ut, beatorum
abbatum Cluniacensium exemplo et intercessione, viam caritatis dilatato
corde curramus. Per Dominum…
English:
Lord our God, you are the shield and glorious reward of those who walk blamelessly before you. Keep us steadfast in your holy service so that, […]