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Sri Lankan President Visits Pontiff

December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to Benedict XVI and the Sri Lankan president, in order for the nation to achieve peace, citizens’ basic needs must be met and a path of dialogue must be consolidated.
This was one of the points of discussion today when Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the Pope in the Vatican. The South Asian leader went on to [...]

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Papal Intention for Culture of Life

December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI is praying this month for the expansion of the culture of life.
The Apostleship of Prayer announced the general intention chosen by the Pope: “That, faced by the growing expansion of the culture of violence and death, the Church may courageously promote the culture of life through all her apostolic and missionary activities.”
The Holy [...]

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Cardinal Lauds Seminarians Ready to Sacrifice

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Life for Palestinian Christians is ever more stressful, but seminarians there are making the necessary sacrifices for their formation, says the leader of a group that seeks to aid the Church in the Holy Land.
Cardinal John Foley, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, affirmed this today in an address [...]

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Church Seen as Needing More Ministry on Streets

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Though the Church already has an active ministry for problems related to the streets — homelessness, prostitution, etc. — a continental congress on the theme concluded that an even greater presence is necessary.
This was the primary conclusion of the first Latin American-Caribbean conference on ministry on the streets, which took place in Colombia in October. [...]

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Holy See to Doha Conference

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Here is the address Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, delivered today at the U.N.-sponsored meeting on development under way in Qatar.
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Mr. President,
Six years ago, world leaders gathered in Monterrey, Mexico to begin a new process for addressing together the needs of the poorest amongst us. [...]

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