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Freedom Doesn’t Justify Everything, Says Pope

October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Liberty cannot be invoked to justify excesses that lead to a regression in the understanding of the human being, Benedict XVI says.
The Pope affirmed this today in his French-language address to the new Canadian ambassador to the Holy See, Anne Leahy. He was speaking especially of excesses regarding life and family issues.
“A redefinition of the [...]

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Bishops Take US Marriage Debate to YouTube

October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Days before several states will vote on legislation to define marriage as being valid only between a man and a woman, two U.S. bishops are taking the debate to the video-sharing Web site YouTube.
The videos, appearing in both English and Spanish, were posted Wednesday by the U.S. episcopal conference’s Defense of Marriage Ad Hoc Committee.
Archbishop [...]

Oct

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Patriarch Calls for Arab League Meeting

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A Syrian archbishop is calling on world leaders and the Arab League to rescue the Christians of Iraq.
Patriarch Gregorios III Laham of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church launched an appeal Wednesday, recalling that Iraq is “home to Abraham, the father of faith in Judaism, Christianity and Islam” and that these religions are committed [...]

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Indian Priest Dies After Beating

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Father Bernard Digal, 45, died in a hospital Wednesday from wounds he sustained in late August, when he was beaten by Hindu extremists. The priest served in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, in the state of Orissa, the hotbed for a large portion of the anti-Christian violence that has plagued India since the August death of [...]

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Guidelines for us of Psychology with Future Priests

October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

This morning in the Holy See Press Office, the document “Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood” from the Congregation for Catholic Education was presented. The text consists of fifteen pages and was published in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.
Cardinal [...]

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