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Pope Calls Arms Dealers to Examine Consciences

June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI is asking those who deal in the lucrative arms trade to face their consciences and consider the consequences of their business.
The Pope said this today when he addressed Antoine Zanga, the new ambassador of Cameroon to the Holy See.At the same time, the Holy Father appealed to the international community and governments particularly [...]

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Church in Australia Takes to Marketing

June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Catholics reading the newspaper in Australia last weekend saw ads inviting them to reconnect with their Church community.
The nationwide advertising campaign gave the country’s bishops a chance to say they want to welcome back people who have drifted away from the life of the Church for whatever reason, or people who have never really been [...]

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Prelate: Faithful Not Mere Bystanders at Mass

June 16, 2008 | 2 Comments

When Catholics attend Mass they are not mere bystanders, but rather participants in the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection, says the archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Archbishop Donald Wuerl said this today at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, which is being held through Sunday in Quebec. He spoke on “The Institution of the Holy Eucharist, Gift [...]

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US Bishops: Stem Cell Issue Not Science vs. Religion

June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

U.S. bishops noted that stem cell research has captured the imagination of many in our society, but affirmed that the deliberate killing of innocent human beings is gravely immoral.
The prelates addressed the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research in a statement approved at their spring meeting, which ended Saturday.
The bishops first explained what stem cells [...]

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Cameroon: Building a Peaceful and United Society

June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of Antoine Zanga, the new ambassador of Cameroon to the Holy See.
  Through the ambassador the Pope greeted the civil and religious authorities of Cameroon, and invited the Catholics of that county “always to be an active part of the ‘res publica’, [...]

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