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Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Today, during a private audience with Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Pope authorised the congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
MIRACLES
- Servant of God Ciriaco Maria Sancha y Hervas, Spanish cardinal archbishop of Toledo, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity [...]

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US Seminaries Sign of Hope for Nation

January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Diocesan seminaries in the United States are generally healthy, concluded a letter from the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education after an apostolic visitation to review centers of priestly formation.
The letter was released this week by the U.S. bishops’ conference. It was directed to cardinals, bishops, major superiors, and all those responsible for diocesan seminaries and [...]

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US Church-State Lawsuit Seen as Meritless

January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A U.S. bishop is calling meritless a lawsuit that protests money allotted to a bishops’ committee by the U.S. government for services to victims of human trafficking.
Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the bishops’ Committee for Migration and Refugee Services, pointed out the failed logic in an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [...]

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Saint Anthony of Egypt

January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

“Saint Anthony was the first Christian to live a life of consecrated solitude. As a hermit in the desert he lived a long and saintly life that influenced countless people both in his time and for generations thereafter, even to this day. His life had a tremendous impact on the [...]

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Cardinal Brady Speaks of Hope Found in Gaza

January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Christians in Gaza remind us of the need to bring the hope of Christ to an environment of despair, says Cardinal Sean Brady.The cardinal, archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, affirmed this today in an address to the priests and people of the Diocese of Kerry, on the topic of “Contemporary Ireland and the [...]