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Flood Victims in Pope’s Prayers
December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Benedict XVI expressed his solidarity with the thousands affected by the heavy rains in southern Brazil, which have caused flooding and deadly mudslides.
After praying the Angelus today with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope expressed his “sentiments for the natural disaster that occurred a few days ago in the state of Santa Catarina, [...]
Dec
7
Vatican Fighting Battle of Peace
December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Holy See’s battle for disarmament in the international community, especially the elimination of cluster bombs, is a battle of peace, says that a Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican’s press office, commente on the Holy See’s ratification of the international treaty prohibiting cluster bombs on the Vatican Television program “Octava Dies.”
Nearly [...]
Dec
7
Papal Delegation to Attend Funeral of Alexy II
December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Benedict XVI will send a delegation to participate in the funeral of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, who died Thursday at 79.
The members of the high-level delegation will be Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, retired president of the Pontifical Council [...]
Dec
7
Atheist Looks to Christianity for Hope
December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Marcello Pera Says It’s What Europe Needs
By Carmen Villa
Philosopher and writer Marcello Pera says Europe must call itself Christian because it’s exactly what can bring the continent together.
Pera, an Italian senator, presented his latest book, “Perché Dobbiamo Dirci Cristiani” (Why We Must Call Ourselves Christians), in Rome on Thursday. More than 300 people were present [...]
Dec
7
A Message of Hope in the Liturgy of Advent
December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
At midday today the Pope appeared at the window of his private study to pray the Angelus with the thousands of people crowding St. Peter’s Square below.
“A message full of hope resounds in the liturgy of Advent, which invites us to raise our eyes to the furthest horizon yet at the same time [...]
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