Oct

20

Week 3: “Papelorum Progressio”

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Why the Church Endures Latin and Loves Italian
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
I know what you might be thinking! Who is that man who doesn’t even know his Latin? How could there be such an error in the headline of a ZENIT article? Surely Father Rosica meant to write “Populorum Progressio,” Pope Paul VI’s landmark 1967 [...]

Oct

20

Synod Message Called Most Beautiful Yet

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The message offered as one of the proposals from the world Synod of Bishops is being called the most beautiful to come from a synod since the assemblies were restored by the Second Vatican Council.
This evaluation of the message was offered by several of the synod fathers who spoke after the proposal was given Saturday. [...]

Oct

20

Couple Proclaimed Gospel in Marriage, Says Pope

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Benedict XVI said the second couple to be beatified in the history of the Church proclaimed the Gospel through living an “exemplary” married life.
Louis Martin and Marie-Zélie Guérin, the parents of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, were beatified yesterday in Lisieux, France, by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, retired prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ [...]

Oct

20

Same-Sex Marriage and the Church

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Conflicts Looming on the Horizon
By Father John Flynn, LC
Marriage seems set to continue at the center of debate in the United States. Connecticut’s Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, reported the Associated Press, Oct. 10.
The decision makes the state the third, after Massachusetts and California, to legalize same-sex unions. [...]

Oct

20

Respecting the Human Dignity of All Patients

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At midday today, the Pope received participants in the national congress of the Italian Surgical Society, who are meeting to consider the theme: “Towards a Surgery that Respects the Sick”.
After highlighting how, in the past, it was possible only to alleviate the suffering of the sick, whereas today, thanks to the advances of science and [...]