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Irish Bishops Unite Against Civil Partnership Bill

November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Archbishop Laments “Contrived Polemic” in Press
By Genevieve Pollock
Faced to a misleading report in the Irish media, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin affirmed his unity with other bishops in upholding Church teaching on the issue of civil unions.
The archbishop of Dublin said this in response to an article published Wednesday by the Irish Times, titled “Bishops differ over [...]

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Holy See Warns of Financial Crisis Worsening

November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The worldwide financial crisis will become a catastrophe if the dignity of the human person is not protected, the Holy See is cautioning.
This is the warning sounded by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, a day before the Doha conference on progress in international cooperation in development.
The conference [...]

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Holy See: Human Needs Lost in Fight Against Hunger

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In the fight against hunger, human needs are not always ranked first, and the results are negative, says a Holy See representative.
Monsignor Renato Volante, permanent observer of the Holy See at the Rome-based U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), affirmed this at the group’s 35th special session, held last week.
The priest affirmed that the address [...]

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Pontifical Acts

November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Mahagi-Nioka, Democratic Republic of Congo, as archbishop of Kisangani (area 150,123, population 1,265,000, Catholics 575,020, priests 91, religious 193), Democratic Republic of Congo. The archbishop-elect was born in Luma, Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959, he was ordained a priest in 1984 [...]

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Rehearsal of the Great History of Memories

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Biblical Reflection for 1st Sunday of Advent
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
This weekend the Church enters into the liturgical season of Advent. Christians proclaim that the Messiah has indeed come and that God’s reign is “at hand.”
Advent does not change God. Advent deepens our longing and anticipation that God will do what prophets and the anointed [...]

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