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Pontifical Acts

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  The Holy Father appointed Fr. Albert Thevenot M. Afr., provincial superior for Canada of the White Fathers, as bishop of Prince-Albert (area 118,834, population 186,400, Catholics 49,942, priests 55, permanent deacons 1, religious 102), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Treherne, Canada in 1945 and ordained a priest in 1980. He succeeds Bishop Blaise-Ernest [...]

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May the Virgin Mary Support Christians in China

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  After praying the Angelus yesterday, the Pope addressed a special greeting to Chinese pilgrims present in St. Peter’s Square, who have come to Rome from all over Italy for the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which was celebrated yesterday 24 May.
  “I entrust to the merciful love of God those [...]

May

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Co-operation to Tackle Problem of Cluster Munitions

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  On 19 May, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the Office of the United Nations and Specialised Institutions in Geneva, delivered an address during a diplomatic conference on cluster munitions being held in Dublin, Ireland.
  Speaking English Archbishop Tomasi, head of the Holy See delegation to the conference which is [...]

May

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A Short Novena Prayer to Saint Mariana of Jesus

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Holy virgin, Mariana, chosen from amongst us  by  Our Lord, Jesus Christ, at a tender age  like a delicate lily to be transplanted into  the celestial garden of Paradise; cultivated by His Divine hands and watered by gentle streams of His grace: we prostrate ourselves at your feet, imploring mercy  so that, by your great [...]

May

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Saint Mariana of Quito

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Pronouncement of Pope Pius XII
on the occasion of Mariana de Jesus’
Canonization Day July 9, 1950:

“For the honor of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, for the exaltation of the Catholic Church and the increase of the Christian Religion by the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, …….We declare and define Blessed Mariana de Jesus de Paredes [...]

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