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Cardinal Tells UN of Religions’ True Nature

November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Religions, if they are faithful to their nature, are messengers and craftsmen of peace, declared a representative of Benedict XVI to the U.N. general assembly.
The U.N. assembly was considering Wednesday the theme “Culture and Peace” and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, spoke with the assembly about making fraternity a [...]

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It’s About Morals, Not Dollars, Says Vatican Aide

November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

For a problem that is not exclusively financial, there needs to be a solution that is not exclusively financial, a Vatican representative is recalling.
Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said this on Vatican Radio when he discussed the ongoing worldwide economic crisis.
“The crisis that the world is currently living [...]

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Cardinal Urges End to Christian Complexes

November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It is time for Christians to leave aside inferiority complexes and become valiant witnesses in the world, says the president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko affirmed this Thursday at the opening of the 23rd plenary assembly of that Vatican dicastery. The council assembly is considering “20 Years After ‘Christifideles Laici’: Memory, [...]

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Jews, Catholics Want Calm on Pius XII Issue

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Exacerbating tensions regarding controversial issues is contrary to the desire of a panel of Jews and Catholics working for growing rapprochement between the two creeds, a joint statement affirmed.
The statement came at the end of the 20th meeting of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee of the Holy See’s Commission for Religious Relations With the Jews [...]

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Bishops Speak Out Against Adultery Ads

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The bishops of Massachusetts are defending the institution of marriage in the face of advertising in the state that promotes adultery.
The bishops said they were “compelled to speak in support of marriage” after seeing advertisements of an Internet dating site for married people looking for adulterous relationships.
The statement was published today and signed by Cardinal [...]

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