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Sick Kids Need Extra Love, Says Pope

November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appealed for a careful balance between “insisting and desisting” in therapies administered to seriously ill children, but above all, he said, these little patients need special amounts of love.
The Pope affirmed this Saturday when he received participants in the international conference sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry. The Thursday through [...]

Nov

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Pontiff Urges Practicing What You Preach

November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI says laypeople are called to show the unity that should exist between faith and life, and urged Christian politicians to be coherent with the faith they profess.
The Pope said this Saturday when he received participants in the 23rd plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which began Thursday. The assembly was [...]

Nov

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Pope Wants Special Role for Lebanon

November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI says he hopes Lebanon can be a place where effective solutions are found for the conflicts in the Middle East.
The Pope said this today when he received in audience the new Lebanese ambassador to the Holy See, Georges Chakib El Khoury.
The Holy Father noted that Lebanon is a place of ancient coexistence between [...]

Nov

17

Pro-lifers Defend “Italy’s Terri Schiavo”

November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Italian associations are making last-minute appeals for the life of Eluana Englaro, after Italy’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that her father’s wish would be granted and her feeding tube will be removed.
Englaro, 37, has been in a coma since 1992, when she suffered a car accident. Her case has been called Italy’s version of the [...]

Nov

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Bishop Prays for Obama’s Conversion

November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

The next months will require tireless work from Catholics in order to preserve the fundamental right to life, and from priests to make Church teaching known, says a U.S. prelate.
Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo affirmed this in a column written for the November issue of New Earth, his diocesan newspaper.
He congratulated president-elect Barack Obama, and [...]

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