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Benedict XVI’s Christmas Wish: Solidarity

December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

During this time of a global economic crisis, Benedict XVI is calling for more solidarity.
The Pope said this today after imparting the blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city of Rome and the world. Speaking in Italian, he expressed his with that “the great celebration of the birth of Christ be a [...]

Dec

25

Benedict XVI’s Christmas Message

December 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI’s Christmas message, which he delivered from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica today at noon.
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“The grace of God our Saviour has appeared to all” (Tit 2:11, Vulg.)
Dear brothers and sisters, in the words of the Apostle Paul, I once more joyfully proclaim Christ’s Birth. [...]

Dec

25

Latin Patriarch’s Midnight Mass Homily

December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is the homily delivered by Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem during Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
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“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light” (Is 9:2)
Dear brothers and sisters,
Dear friends,
In my name and the name of the inhabitants of Bethlehem, I greet our guests and [...]

Dec

25

Pope’s Christmas Eve Homily

December 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave at Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
“Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?” This is what Israel sings in one of the Psalms (113 [...]

Dec

25

Proclamation of the Birth of Christ

December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From the Christmas Martyrology

The twenty-fifth day of December.

In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world
from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;

the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;

the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth [...]

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