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World Needs Ethics, Says Pope
December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Benedict XVI believes that it is necessary to rediscover the value of natural law to lay the foundations of a much-needed universal ethics.
The Pope said this today upon receiving members of the International Theological Commission in audience, who in their assembly this week took definitive steps toward elaborating a document on the [...]
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Defending Life a Mission of the Church, Says Pope
December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Church isn’t stepping over a line when it defends life and promotes human dignity, says Benedict XVI.
“To promote the dignity of the person and elevate it in an integral way for the benefit of all,” the Pope explained, is in fact a “mission proper to it.”
The Holy Father said this today [...]
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Pontiff Shares Sorrows of Mideast Christians
December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Benedict XVI says he shares the “sorrows and difficulties” of the Christian of the Holy Land, who are suffering at hands of political, economic and social instability in the region.
The Pope said this today upon greeting members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, who are in Rome for [...]
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Benedict XVI: Dialogue Yields Better Results
December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In a letter sent to the leaders of Chile and Argentina, Benedict XVI affirmed that dialogue and negotiation is the most effective manner of resolving conflict.
The Pope sent the missive to Argentine President Cristina Fernández Kirchner and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on the 30th anniversary of mediation by Pope John Paul [...]
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Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This morning during his audience with Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
MIRACLES
- Blessed Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Polish former archbishop of Warsaw (1822-1895).
- Blessed Arcangelo Tadini, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the [...]



