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Benedict XVI Urges Humanitarian Relief for Georgia

August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI is calling for open pathways for humanitarian relief to reach Georgia.
The Pope spoke of the conflict in the Caucasus after he prayed the midday Angelus on Sunday with crowds gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.
Georgia and Russia engaged in a brief but bloody conflict that began Aug. [...]

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Benedict XVI Recalls Maximilian Kolbe’s Hope

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Benedict XVI says the saints’ examples show how prayer sustains hope, even in humanly desperate situations.
The Pope spoke of the saints’ hope at the general audience last Wednesday, shortly after his return from vacation in northern Italy. The Holy Father particularly called to mind two saints of modern times: Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and [...]

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Pope: Overcoming Racism a “Great Victory”

August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

One of humanity’s great victories is the overcoming of racism, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this Sunday in his reflection before praying the midday Angelus with crowds who had gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.
Noting the three readings from Sunday’s Mass, the Holy Father said: “The Word of God [...]

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Midnight Praise

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We have chosen a simple structure for our life.
Each remains in his or her country but united in a spiritual communion.
When each Brother or Sister goes to their place of prayer they are
Simply leaving one place of silence to enter in to another.
They enter in to the silence of God.
As we do not live in [...]

Aug

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Life of the Day of Andrew Boorde

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Boorde, Andrew (c.1490-1549) , physician and author, was born at Borde Hill near Cuckfield, Sussex. Like many others in the field of healing he began his career as a monk. He was brought up at Oxford and admitted under age, in 1515, into the Carthusian order at the London Charterhouse. His precocity within the order [...]