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Pope Summarizes Christian Message

June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The message of Christianity is one of love for God and neighbor, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope reflected today before praying the Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on the passage from Hosea that Jesus repeats in Sunday’s Gospel: “I want love and not sacrifice.”
“We have a key word here, one that [...]

Jun

8

Dignity Seen as Priority in Fighting Hunger

June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The struggle against hunger will not be in vain if it is “centered on the dignity of the person,” said a Vatican spokesman.Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, commented this week on the message Benedict XVI sent to the U.N.-sponsored food summit that ended Thursday in Rome.
On the most recent edition [...]

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8

President for Family Council Named

June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI has named Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, the archbishop of Florence, as president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
Cardinal Antonelli, 71, succeeds Colombian Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, who died in April at age 72.Ennio Antonelli was born in Todi, Italy, in 1936, and ordained a priest in 1960.
From 1968 to 1983 he was professor [...]

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Observer to Council of Europe Named

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Benedict XVI named Monsignor Aldo Giordano, the secretary of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, as the permanent observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe.Monsignor Giordano will begin his new assignment Sept. 1 at the council’s headquarters in Strasbourg, France.
Aldo Giordano was born in Cuneo, Italy, in 1954. He was ordained to [...]

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Art and Ethics

June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Child Images Cause Controversy Down Under
By Father John Flynn, LC
Artistic freedom and ethical standards are at the center of a debate in Australia after police recently confiscated photographs at an art exhibition.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported May 23 that authorities seized images from the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney of naked children in sexually suggestive [...]

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