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Benedict XVI Retreats to Prayer

March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Benedict XVI’s annual retreat began this evening in the Vatican, with Cardinal Francis Arinze offering the meditations.
The traditional Lenten retreat for the Pope and the Roman Curia will conclude Saturday. In the mean time, the Holy Father’s public audiences will be suspended.
Cardinal Arinze, retired prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, is [...]

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Pope Remains Close to Workers and Their Families

March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Following today’s Angelus, the Pope addressed greetings in various languages to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square, among them a group of workers from the factory of the Italian car-maker Fiat located at Pomigliano d’Arco near Naples.
The Holy Father indicated that the workers had come “to express their concern for the future of the [...]

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On the Role of Angels

March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Today is the First Sunday of Lent, and the Gospel, with the sober and concise style of St. Mark, introduces us to the climate of this liturgical season: [...]

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Cardinal: Baptism Something to Be Proud Of

March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Urges Lay Faithful to Discover Vocation
By Chiara Santomiero
Twenty years after Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation on the laity, there is a need to rediscover our baptismal vocation and be proud of it, says the president of the Vatican’s laity council.
Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, affirmed this during a [...]

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Angels: Large Part of the Gospel and Sign of God’s Presence

March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Today, the first Sunday of Lent, Benedict XVI presided at the praying of the Angelus with faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Before the Marian prayer the Pope reflected upon the passage from the Gospel of St. Mark which describes how Satan tempted Jesus in the desert. “In the desert – a place of trial, [...]

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