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Youth Have Mail, From the Pontiff

September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

For the first time in history, a Pope has sent a message to an Internet social networking site.
Benedict XVI sent a note today to the 35,000 people who are members of Xt3.com, a site that was created to link up participants in this summer’s World Youth Day in Sydney, as well as past Youth Day [...]

Sep

8

Denver Bishops’ Response to Senator Biden

September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is the statement Archbishop Charles Chaput and Auxiliary Bishop James Conley of Denver released today in response to comments regarding when life begins made by Senator Joseph Biden on Sunday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Biden is Senator Barack Obama’s running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket.
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To Catholics of the Archdiocese of [...]

Sep

8

The Great Stereopticon

September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Reproduced below are about two pages of the thinking of Richard Weaver, the philosopher whose work we recommended in our third installment of the recent series on American culture. The subject of Weaver’s text: “the great stereopticon.” Borrowing the name of the nineteenth-century pre-film viewing device, the reality the Platonic philosopher critiques is the technologically [...]

Sep

8

Pontiff Asks Protection for Single Mothers

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Benedict XVI is asking the Virgin Mary to give special protection to mothers, particularly those that find themselves alone in the task of educating their children.The Pope voiced this petition Sunday before praying the midday Angelus during his pastoral visit to Sardinia, a semi-autonomous Italian island located in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Holy Father first recalled [...]

Sep

8

Pontifical Acts

September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Pucallpa, Peru, presented by Bishop Juan Luis Martin Bisson P.M.E., upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli S.D.B.
- Appointed Bishop Giuseppe Betori, secretary general of the Italian Episcopal Conference, as [...]

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