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Mexican Bishops Urge Conversion of Drug Traders

March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Mexican bishops of the Chihuahua region are responding to victims of violence triggered by the drug trade in the area, urging reconciliation of all to God and others.
The bishops of the Chihuahua ecclesiastical province in northern Mexico issued a pastoral letter Tuesday titled “Let God Reconcile You,” to address the problem [...]

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Pope Points to Francis Xavier’s Missionary Example

March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI is urging faithful going to the birthplace of St. Francis Xavier, patron of the missions, to make their pilgrimage a faith-filled event.
The Pope affirmed this in a message through Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, his secretary of state, addressed to Archbishop Francisco Pérez González of Pamplona. The text was published in the [...]

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Blair Speaks for Right to Express Faith

March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed his concern about people being denied the right to express their faith.
In an interview with the Church of England Newspaper, which L’Osservatore Romano noted today, Blair said, “I hope and believe that stories of people not being allowed to express their Christianity are exceptional [...]

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Ascension Catholic Community Ministry of Intercession for March

March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

O God, bless us during this season of Lent. Fill our minds and hearts with love, that we may be a sign of Jesus to all those living in our midst.
Please pray daily the following:
For the Holy Father’s intention that the role of women may be more apprecaited and used to good advantage in every [...]

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Lenten Sermons in the Presence of the Holy Father

March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

At 9.00 a.m. on Friday 13 March in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the presence of the Holy Father, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., preacher to the Pontifical Household, will deliver the first Lenten sermon. The theme of this year’s meditations is: “The law of the Spirit of Christ Jesus” (Rom. [...]

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