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Pope Suggests Education as End to Financial Woes

January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Benedict XVI says that confronting the current global crisis requires formation in values, especially among youth.
The Pope said this today during a traditional beginning-of-the-year address to representatives from the Latium Region and the Province and City of Rome.
The Holy Father contended to the political leaders that the current economic crisis is linked to another “structural, [...]

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Pope Recalls the Pastoral Activities of Cardinal Pio Laghi

January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In a homily pronounced at the end a funeral Mass for Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Holy Father recalled the career of the late prelate, who died on Sunday 11 January at the age of 86, following a long illness. The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, [...]

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Gaza: Cease-Fire and a Return to Negotiations

January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

Made public yesterday afternoon was an address by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations at Geneva, delivered during the ninth special session of the Human Rights Council, on “the grave violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent aggression of the occupied Gaza Strip”. [...]