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Cardinal: Canadian Bishops Should Speak Up

June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

After being criticized by the secular media for being reticent on moral issues, the archbishop of Quebec acknowledged that the country’s bishops really should speak out more.
Peter Kavanaugh of CBC radio admitted last week at the International Catholic Media Convention in Toronto of being envious of the United Kingdom, where the bishops there are willing [...]

Jun

4

Migration Seen as Challenge and Opportunity

June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The question of migration is both a challenge and an opportunity, and one that needs fresh answers in the face of new complexities, said Cardinal Renato Martino to the African Continental Congress.The president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers spoke Tuesday on the first day of the three-day meeting titled “Toward a Better [...]

Jun

4

Pontifical Acts

June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Holy Father:
 - Appointed Bishop Domingo Diaz Martinez of Tuxpan, Mexico, as metropolitan archbishop of Tulancingo (area 10,696, population 1,477,935, Catholics 1,344,921, priests 174, permanent deacons 2, religious 198), Mexico. The archbishop-elect was born in Queretaro, Mexico in 1948, he was ordained a priest in 1977 and consecrated a bishop in 2002. He succeeds Archbishop [...]

Jun

4

Pope Recalls St. Francis Caracciolo and Blessed John XXIII

June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

  At the end of today’s general audience, the Pope addressed some remarks to participants in a pilgrimage being promoted by the Order of Minor Clerks Regular to mark the end of celebrations for the fourth centenary of the death of their founder, St. Francis Caracciolo (1563-1608).
  “Dear friends”, said the Pope, “I hope that [...]

Jun

4

Gregory the Great: Humility Is the Measure of Greatness

June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

  In his general audience this morning, held in St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI resumed the catechesis he began last week on St. Gregory the Great, focusing today on the doctrine of this Pope and Doctor of the Church.
  The Holy Father began by recalling how St. Gregory, in his numerous works, “never displays any [...]

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