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Desecration of Host Not Seen as Free Speech

July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy is proposing Friday as a national day of prayer and fasting in the wake of the desecration of the Eucharist by a Minnesota professor.
Father John Trigilio, Jr., the president of the confraternity, a U.S. association of 600 priests and deacons, sent a statement this week asking Catholics “to join in [...]

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Catholic University Commemorates Papal Visit

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Catholic University of America is displaying an exhibit to commemorate Benedict XVI’s April 17 visit to the campus.
The Pope visited the university as part of his seven-day, two-city tour of the United States. The exhibit, “Together in Faith: The Pope Visits Catholic University,” will run through Oct. 19 at various locations around campus.
In addition [...]

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Loss of Clerical State for Paraguay’s President-Elect

July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 Benedict XVI has granted a reduction to the lay state for the president-elect of Paraguay, a former Catholic bishop who had been suspended “a divinis.”
The apostolic nuncio in Paraguay announced today the Pope’s decision regarding Fernando Lugo.
Archbishop Orlando Antonini explained at a press conference that the Holy Father “granted [Lugo] the loss of the clerical [...]

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Cardinal to Anglicans: Church Teaching Is Scriptural

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The episcopal ordination of women will mean a “step backward” for dialogue between Catholics and Anglicans, warned Cardinal Walter Kasper at the Anglican Communion’s Lambeth Conference.
The president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity addressed today the once-a-decade gathering of Anglican leaders, under way in England through this weekend.
L’Osservatore Romano published an Italian-language transcript [...]

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St. Paul Seen as Convert of Converts

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St. Paul is an example to all of what it means to convert and give one’s life over to God in a radical way, according to theologian Scott Hahn.
Hahn, professor of theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, was the host of the Applied Biblical Studies Conference on “Romans: The Gospel According to Paul,” [...]

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