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Eluana’s Fate Signals the Life or Death of the West

February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

The fate of a young woman in a coma whose father has appealed for her feeding tube to be removed has become a “sign of contradiction” that signals the fate of the West, according to the archbishop of Bologna.
Cardinal Carlo Caffara explained this today in his homily given at the cathedral in Bologna for the [...]

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Ratzinger Foundation on Key Aspects of Pope’s Theology

February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the introduction Siegfried Wiedenhofer, one of Benedict XVI’s former assistants, gave Nov. 12 at the launch in Munich of the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Foundation. The foundation is the project of a group of Joseph Ratzinger’s former doctoral and postdoctoral students, known as the Schülerkreis (Circle of [...]

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Christ Gives Meaning to Our Suffering

February 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

At midday, before praying the Angelus with faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI recalled the fact that today in Italy marks the Day for Life, the theme of which this year is: “The power of life in suffering”.
“Jesus always taught His disciples that in order to enter into glory He had to [...]

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Ask the Lord for Many New Vocations to Consecrated Life

February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Following the Angelus, the Pope recalled the fact that tomorrow marks the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. “Forty days after the birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph took Him to Jerusalem, in accordance with the norms of the Law of Moses. Indeed, according to Scripture, each first born belonged to the [...]

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NBC Sacks Super Bowl Ad Celebrating Life’s Potential

February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

An ad that promotes the potential of all life will not be shown on NBC during the Super Bowl on the grounds that it involves “political advocacy or issues.”
After several days of negotiations, an NBC representative in Chicago advised CatholicVote.org on Wednesday of it’s decision not to run an ad that [...]

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