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Pontiff Recalls Religions’ Duty to Promote Peace

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Religions have a duty to promote coexistence and reconciliation, Benedict XVI is recalling.
The Pope affirmed this in a message delivered on his behalf by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to the 83rd Social Weeks of France.
This annual event began in 1904 in the spirit of Pope Leo XIII’s “Rerum Novarum.” This year’s theme [...]

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University Institute to Foster Culture of Unity

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Focolare President Describes Students Ready to Love
By Chiara Santomiero
The charism that God inspired in the founder of the Focolare movement has sparked a university institute offering a master’s in a “culture of unity.”
Students have already arrived to Loppiano, the city founded by the Focolare Movement in the 1960s, and have begun preparations for the official [...]

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Martyrdom Takes More Than Suffering, Says Cardinal

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A Vatican representative says that one does not become a martyr just by suffering torture and death, but by the reason for such suffering: Christ.
Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, retired prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, affirmed this Monday in Nagasaki. He was the Pope’s envoy for the beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs, who gave [...]

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On Signs of a Living Faith

November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered during today’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Before the Holy Father continued with the cycle of catecheses dedicated to the figure and thought of St. Paul, he addressed Aram I, catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians.
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[Pope's English-language address to Aram I:]
This morning I [...]

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Visit of Catholicos Aram I, A Further Step Towards Unity

November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

Before delivering the catechesis at his general audience this morning, Benedict XVI addressed some words to His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, who was attending the audience at the head of a delegation of Armenian bishops and lay faithful.
“This fraternal visit”, said the Pope speaking English, “is a [...]

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