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Pope Names New Westminster Prelate

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The Catholic Church in the United Kingdom has a lot to offer to the greater good of society, according to the new archbishop of Westminster.
Benedict XVI appointed today Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham as the successor of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, who has retired for reasons of age.
Archbishop Nichols, 63, will thus take leadership of an [...]

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Belgian Bishops Lament Government’s Papal Protest

April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Belgium’s bishops lament a government proposal to protest Benedict XVI’s comment that condoms are not the solution to fighting AIDS, saying the lawmakers didn’t take into account the Pope’s overall message.
The Belgian Parliament passed a proposal today that asked the government to condemn the Pope’s “unacceptable” comments, and to “officially protest before the Holy See.”
The [...]

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Christians and Buddhists in Dialogue

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Made public today was the annual Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh, issued by the Pontifical Council for Inter- religious Dialogue and signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the council.
Vesakh, the main Buddhist festivity, marks three fundamental moments in the life of Gautama Buddha. It is held during the full moon [...]

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Pontifical Acts

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The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham, England, as metropolitan archbishop of Westminster (area 3,634, population 4,664,000, Catholics 472,600, priests 669, permanent deacons 8, religious 1,560), England. He succeeds Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O’Connor, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit. [...]

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Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

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Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received in private audience Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
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- Venerable Servant of God Maria Pierina de Micheli, Italian sister of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos [...]

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