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Celebrations to Be Presided by Pope: September-November

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today published the calendar of celebrations to be presided over by the Holy Father between the months of September and November:
SEPTEMBER
 - Sunday 7: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Pastoral visit to Cagliari,
Italy.
 - Friday 12 – Monday 15: Pastoral visit to France for the occasion of the
150th [...]

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Day of Prayer and Fasting for Christians in India

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  The presidency of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), taking up the appeal launched by Benedict XVI, has today (the liturgical memory of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta) called all Italian dioceses to observe a day of prayer and fasting for Christians in India.
  This initiative, which may also be celebrated on a different day [...]

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UN Leader Invites Cardinal to Meeting on Poverty

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited the president of Caritatis Internationalis to attend a high-level meeting on how to better overcome the global scourge of poverty.
Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga will attend the Sept. 25 High-level Event on the Millennium Development Goals as a representative of civil society.
The development goals aim to significantly reduce global poverty, [...]

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Bishop Anthony Basil Taylor’s Homily

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Feast of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta 5 Sept 2008 Fri 22nd Wk Yr II
Why did Mother Teresa found a new religious order? She was already a nun, had taken final vows as a Sister of Loreto and was already doing good work teaching the daughters of the British and Indian elite for 17 years at [...]

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Campaign 2008: The Catholic Church in the Crosshairs

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Campaign 2008: The Catholic Church in the Crosshairs
September 5th, 2008 by David J. Hartline
This fall’s Presidential Campaign will more than likely feature a new wrinkle. The Catholic Church will be in the crosshairs. Once again there will be a professed Catholic who supports abortion on a major party’s ticket — this time on the number [...]

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