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Food Crisis Forces Nigerian Seminary Closure

June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Catholic seminary in Makurdi in central Nigeria is facing closure this month as a result of the worldwide food crisis, reported Aid to the Church in Need.
Monsignor Kenneth Enang, rector of the seminary, told the aid agency Wednesday that the major seminary, in which some 520 seminarians from 15 dioceses are preparing for the [...]

Jun

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Argentine Bishops Call for “Gestures of Greatness”

June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Argentina’s bishops are encouraging the citizens of the country to make “gestures of greatness,” and to think less of themselves and more of the common good.
The bishops said this in the concluding document of today’s extraordinary meeting of the Permanent Commission of the episcopate. The text is titled “The Nation Needs Gestures of Greatness.”
Some 20 [...]

Jun

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Papal Speech to Religious of Genoa

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Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI’s May 18 address to members of the Cathedral Chapter and consecrated religious, gathered at St. Lawrence’s Cathedral in Genoa. The gathering took place during the Pontiff’s two-day pastoral visit to the Italian region of Liguria.* * *
Your Eminences,
Dear Members of the Cathedral Chapter,
Dear Men and Women Religious, [...]

Jun

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Pontifical Audiences

June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:
 - Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
 - Six prelates from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, on their “ad limina” visit:
    – Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock of Kuching, Malaysia, accompanied by Archbishop emeritus Peter [...]

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Official Visit of Cardinal Bertone to Belarus

June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

  The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
  “From 18 to 22 June, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., will make an official visit to the Republic of Belarus.
  “During his stay, Cardinal Bertone will encounter members of the government, preside at liturgical celebrations and other moments of prayer [...]

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