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Foundation to Promote Thought of Benedict XVI

September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A foundation devoted to the promotion of the thought of Benedict XVI will be launched this fall in Munich.
The news was announced this weekend at the annual meeting of the “Ratzinger Schülerkreis” (Ratzinger’s Circle of Students), composed of the Pope’s former doctoral and postdoctoral students. The gathering, held at Castel Gandolfo, ended today.
According to a [...]

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Cancer Patient Cancels Living Will

September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Says Many Support Euthanasia for Others, Not Self
By Antonio Gaspari
People in favor of euthanasia often support it “for others,” without thinking about the end of their own lives, contends a cancer patient who changed her mind about life after she was diagnosed with her terminal disease.
Silvie Menard, a French oncologist and consultant at the Center [...]

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Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition

September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Art just might be the key to reintroducing the great figures and images of Christianity to modern culture, according to the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture.”
Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, who also heads the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, said this in an interview with ZENIT this week regarding his proposal [...]

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Pastoral Visit of Benedict XVI to Cagliari, Italy

September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  On Sunday 7 September, Benedict XVI is due to make a pastoral visit to the Italian city of Cagliari, which lies on the island of Sardinia.
  The Holy Father will depart from Rome at 8.30 a.m. whence an hour-long flight will take him to Cagliari. At 10.30 a.m. he is scheduled to celebrate Mass [...]

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Cubans Prepare Centenary of Patron

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Devotion to Cuba’s patron, Our Lady of Cobre, is key for the reconciliation of all Cubans, both those living on the island and those who have left, affirmed the nation’s episcopal conference.
The Cuban bishops are gathered through Saturday in an extraordinary plenary assembly to undertake a three-year preparation period for the fourth centenary celebrations of [...]

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