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Washington Assisted Suicide Law Takes Effect

March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As Washington state’s assisted suicide law takes effect today, pro-lifers are focusing on advocating for true compassion and authentic dignity.
Today, Initiative 1000 becomes a law, making Washington the second U.S. state to legalize assisted suicide. The “death with dignity” bill, passed last November, allows physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to [...]

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Bishops Following Paul’s Steps

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Bishops representing the Holy See and eight episcopal conferences of Southeastern Europe are following in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul this week, reflecting on Christian identity.
The ninth meeting of the presidents of the Southeast Europe bishops’ conferences is under way through Sunday in Turkey. The Holy See’s permanent observer to [...]

Mar

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Papal Holy Land Trip to Have Interreligious Focus

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Benedict XVI will be taking many steps to promote interreligious dialogue during his May trip to the Holy Land, according to an unofficial itinerary.
Jean-Marie Allafort from “Un Echo d’Israel,” a Christian newsletter in Israel, spoke with ZENIT about the Pope’s unofficial schedule for the May 11-15 trip, though he said that “neither [...]

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Pope Coaches Priests on Evangelizing Parishioners

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Benedict XVI is encouraging pastors to help people see that the faith is not something of the past, but can show them today how be fully alive.
The Pope affirmed this in a meeting last Thursday with parish priests of the Diocese of Rome, a Lenten tradition, in which he answered their questions and [...]

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Papal Message for Youth Day ‘09

March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI’s message for World Youth Day 2009, to be celebrated at the diocesan level this Palm Sunday. The message was released today.
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“We have set our hope on the living God” (1 Tim 4:10)
My dear friends,
Next Palm Sunday we shall celebrate the twenty-fourth World Youth [...]

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