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New Archbishop and Auxiliary for Africa

November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI continues to fill episcopal sees in Africa, just before his March visit to the continent and the synod on Africa.
Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, 49, until now the bishop of Mahagi-Nioka, Congo, was appointed the archbishop of Kisangani.
Marcel Utembi Tapa was born in Luma, Congo, in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1984. He [...]

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Interreligious Dialogue Seen as Risk and Grace

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There can be risks with interreligious dialogue, but this interchange also helps believers to grow and give witness to their faith, says the Vatican official who oversees dialogue between religions.
Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, spoke of the benefits and the necessity of dialogue at the opening of the [...]

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Saint Andrew Christmas Novena Prayer to Obtain Favors

November 29, 2008 | 3 Comments

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, [...]