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Agnostic Ad Reported for Breach of Standards

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want authorities to put a stop to it.
An ad appearing on London metro trains and some 800 buses in England claims: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice, has reported the ad to the Advertising Standards Authority, which oversees all advertising and has codes [...]

Jan

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Seminarians Not Considered Endangered Species

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Seminarians aren’t a type of endangered species, explained a Vatican aide, citing that the number of seminarians worldwide rose from 50,000 some decades ago, to 72,000 today.
This was one of the main points offered by theologian Hubertus Blaumeiser, an assessor of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, during the 5th International Encounter of seminarians from [...]

Jan

9

World Meeting of Families in Mexico City

January 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

In the Holy See Press Office this morning Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, presented the Sixth World Meeting of Families, which is to due to take place in Mexico City, Mexico, from 14 to 18 January.
“The Holy Father will be ‘especially present’ at these events” with two video [...]

Jan

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Mercy of Peace

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The Father speaks one word in us in total silence.
He speaks the Word who is Jesus.
Jesus comes to make his home in us.
In silence the Word once again becomes flesh.
This is the gentle stream of the eternal in us.
The spiritual light of all our days and nights on earth.
Life that is born again each new [...]

Jan

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177 States Have Relations With Holy See

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The Holy See maintains full diplomatic relations with 177 states, with Botswana being this year’s latest edition to the list. The Vatican press office reported this today on the occasion of the Pope’s address to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.
The Vatican communiqué further noted that to these 177 states are added the [...]