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Synod Appointment for Cardinal Pell

September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, Australia, as president delegate of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The cardinal, who hosted the Pope during World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, substitutes Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India, who is unable to attend the gathering, the Vatican [...]

Sep

9

Indian Christians Ready to Keep Laying Down Lives

September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The president of the Indian episcopal conference says that the faith of Indian Christians is more important than their lives.
Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, also the Syro-Malabar archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, made this statement in the context of a continuing wave of violence against Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.
The attacks, which intensified at the end [...]

Sep

9

Pontiff Mourns Cardinal Innocenti

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Benedict XVI sent a telegram expressing his condolences at the death of Cardinal Antonio Innocenti, who died Saturday at age 93.
Cardinal Innocenti was past prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and past president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.
The papal telegram, addressed [...]

Sep

9

Holy See on Supporting Victims of Terrorism

September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is the address given today by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, at the Secretary-General’s Symposium on “Supporting Victims of Terrorism,” which is taking place 7 years after the attacks of 9/11.
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Mr. Chairman,
This meeting comes at an opportune time as it allows us to complement [...]

Sep

9

Injured Priest Tells of Hindu-Extremist Attack

September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

A priest who has survived the wave of attacks on Christians by Hindu extremists in India considers himself safe “in the hands of God.”
The account of Father Edward Sequeira was made available to ZENIT by one of his seminary classmates, Father Edwin Vas of the Society of the Divine Word.
Father Sequeira was the victim of [...]

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