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Populorum Progressio Studies 230 New Projects

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The members of the administrative council of the “Populorum Progressio” Foundation are due to meet in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 9 to 12 July to consider the financing of development projects in support of poor indigenous mixed race and Afro-American rural communities of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a communique published today by the [...]

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In the Desert

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In the silence of the night I often think about you
and pray for you .I will pray for you always in this life
and the life that will come in Paradise . What will Paradise
be like for us ? That we can not fully understand .But we
know we will come to fully see Him who [...]

Jul

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Pope to Priests, Deacons and Seminarians of Brindisi

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Here is a Vatican translation of the June 15 address Benedict XVI to the priests, deacons and seminarians of the Archdiocese of Brindisi at the city’s cathedral.
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Dearest priests, deacons and seminarians,
I am pleased to address my cordial greeting to all of you gathered in this beautiful Cathedral, reopened for worship after its [...]

Jul

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Things Revealed to the Little Ones

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Gospel Commentary 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM CapThis Sunday’s Gospel, among the most intense and profound of Gospel passages, has 3 parts: a prayer — “I bless you, Father” — a declaration of Jesus about himself — “Everything has been given to me by my Father” — and an invitation — [...]

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Saint Anthony Zaccaria

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(1502-1539)
At the same time that Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the Church was already being attempted. Among the early movers of the Counter-Reformation was Anthony Zaccaria. His mother became a widow at 18 and devoted herself to the spiritual education of her son. He received a medical doctorate at [...]