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All Saints: Desire for Union with the Heavenly Family

November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In remarks he made to pilgrims before praying the Angelus on today’s Solemnity of All Saints, Benedict XVI invited them to consider “the panorama of saintliness. The world”, he said, “appears to us as a ‘garden’, where the Spirit of God, with marvellous ingenuity, created a multitude of male and female [...]

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Immaculata, please intercede …

November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

That our remembrance of the faithful departed and our celebration of the Communion of Saints may strengthen us, the Church militant in living and sharing our hope of eternal life.

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Poor Clare Guardian Sermon

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POOR CLARE GUARDIAN SERMON
“LIVING IN THE TRADITION.”
Dear Brother and Sister
As we reflect on these matters on the vigil for All Saints we have the example of all those who have gone before us to urge us on. Let us not forget the abiding call of Francis
“Rebuild my House.” Not a house of bricks or [...]

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Cor Unum President to Visit US

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The president of the Vatican council that oversees the Church’s charitable activities will visit the United States to talk of the theology of charity with the nations’ bishops and social leaders.
Cardinal Paul Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, will be in the United States from Nov. 3 to 10, at the invitation of [...]

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Holy See on Economic Crisis

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Here is the message Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered Thursday before the interactive panel of the 63rd session of the U.N. General Assembly on the global financial crisis.
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Mr President,
Many economists and analysts are agreed that the crisis can be attributed to a lack of [...]