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Milan to Host World Family Meeting 2012

January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Under Theme “Family, Work and Celebration”
By Jesús Colina
At the close of the VI World Meeting of Families in Mexico City, Benedict XVI announced that the next encounter of the family will be held in Milan, Italy.
The Pope revealed this today to the tens of thousands of faithful who filled the Basilica of [...]

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1st Meditation for Christian Unity Prayer Week

January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here is a meditation jointly prepared by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches for the first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
The week begins today and continues through Jan. 25, the feast of the Conversion [...]

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Revisiting Benedict XVI’s Visit

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And Taking a Look at His Praise for the US
By Elizabeth Lev
Last April, Americans basked in the glow of Benedict XVI’s visit. His gentle charm won them, his direct confrontation of serious issues in the Church impressed them and his message of “Spe Salvi” rallied them.Americans were also startled to hear themselves praised by the [...]

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On World Day of Migrants

January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today before praying the Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Today is the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Because this year we are celebrating the Pauline Year, and thinking of St. Paul as the great itinerant missionary [...]

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The Cost of Our Discipleship

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Biblical Reflection for 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB
Reflecting on today’s readings, especially the call of Samuel and of Andrew and his brother, I remembered something that the German Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote from his prison in Nazi Germany, that “only by living unreservedly in this life’s duties, problems, successes and [...]