Oct
16
John Paul II: The Man From a Distant Land
October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Who Taught Us to Not Be Afraid
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
marks another of Rome’s and the Vatican’s significant anniversaries taking place during the Twelfth Ordinary Synod of Bishops at the Vatican.
I remember very well this night 30 years ago — Oct. 16, 1978. I was a 19-year-old university student, driving home from classes at the [...]
Oct
16
World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
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Benedict XVI has written a Message to Jacques Diouf, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the occasion of World Food Day, an annual event organised by the FAO every 16 October.
Commenting upon the theme chosen for this year’s Day – “World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and [...]
Oct
16
Pope Praises the Constant Relevance of “Fides et Ratio”
October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ten years after the publication of John Paul II’s Encyclical “Fides et Ratio”, the Pontifical Lateran University in collaboration with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the World Conference of Catholic University Institutions of Philosophy, has organised a conference to commemorate the anniversary.
This morning, participants in the congress were received in audience by the Holy [...]
Oct
16
Ecuador: Mature Laity Illuminates Society
October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today in the Vatican Benedict XVI received prelates from the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference, who have just completed their “ad limina” visit. Opening his remarks to them he reiterated his condolences for the recent death of Cardinal Antonio Jose Gonzalez Zumarraga, archbishop of Quito, Ecuador.
“I note with satisfaction”, the Holy Father went on, “that one of [...]
Oct
16
Meeting of Language Groups
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This morning, for the second time in the current Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, the Synod Fathers met for in language groups to begin preparing their proposals on the theme of the General Assembly.
The third sitting of the language groups is due to take place today from 4.30 p.m. to 7 [...]
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