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Priests Must Live in Christ Through Prayer
May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as “Good Shepherd” Sunday, the Pope celebrated Mass in the Vatican Basilica and conferred priestly ordination on nineteen deacons of the diocese of Rome.
In his homily Benedict XVI explained how “disciples – and especially apostles – experience the same joy as Jesus in knowing the name [...]
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Benedict XVI today received members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the end of their fifteenth plenary meeting. The president of the academy is Mary Ann Glendon.
Speaking English, the Pope noted how the academy, “after studying work, democracy, globalisation, solidarity and subsidiarity in relation to the social teaching of the Church, … [...]
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Pontifical Acts
May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Holy Father appointed Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh of Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, as bishop of Port Harcourt (area 10,500, population 4,921,000, Catholics 695,673, priests 187, religious 234), Nigeria. He succeeds Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached [...]



