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The Shoah: An Admonition not to Forget or Deny

January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

“May the Shoah be for everyone an admonition against oblivion, negation and reductionism, because violence against a single human being is violence against all”, the Holy Father told pilgrims attending his weekly general audience.
Referring to recent commemorations of the Shoah, the Pope highlighted how at Auschwitz – a place he has visited several times, [...]

Jan

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Pontifical Acts

January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Gil Antonio Moreira of Jundiai, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Juiz de Fora (area 10,757, population 686,000, Catholics 548,000, priests 147, permanent deacons 15, religious 239), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Divinopolis, Brazil in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and consecrated a bishop in 1999. [...]

Jan

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Taking the Steps Necessary for Full Communion

January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

At the end of his general audience today, the Pope mentioned his recent decision to revoke the excommunication on “the four bishops ordained without pontifical mandate by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988″.
“I have undertaken this act of paternal benevolence because those same bishops have repeatedly expressed to me their profound suffering at [...]

Jan

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Reading Scripture as the Word of The Holy Spirit

January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

In today’s general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope turned his attention to the theological content of St. Paul’s final Letters, known as the pastoral letters because addressed to his close collaborators Timothy and Titus.
These Letters, said the Holy Father, refer to a situation in which “certain erroneous and false doctrines had [...]

Jan

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What Is Not True About the Good Friday Prayer for Jews

January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

Dialogue between Jews and Christians is a sensitive issue, and there have been many misunderstandings about the new Good Friday prayer for the Jews, says a scholar in the matter.
According to Father Michel Remaud, director of the Christian Institute of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Literature of Jerusalem, the Good Friday prayer [...]

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