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Telegram for Railway Accident in Viareggio

June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Given below is the text of a telegram sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., in the Holy Father’s name, to Archbishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani of Lucca, Italy, for yesterday’s explosion of a goods train in the station of Viareggio which left thirteen dead and many injured, some critically.
“Having [...]

Jun

30

Pontifical Acts

June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Holy Father:
– Appointed Fr. Gerard Tlali Lerotholi O.M.I., professor at the National University of Lesotho and at the Seminary of St. Augustine, as archbishop of Maseru (area 7,739, population 813,362, Catholics 364,858, priests 87, religious 386), Lesotho. The archbishop-elect was born in St. James Mission, Lesotho in 1954 and ordained a priest in [...]

Jun

30

Always Be Signs of Unity among the Faithful

June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This morning in the Vatican, the Pope received the 34 metropolitan archbishops upon whom he imposed the pallium yesterday, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. The archbishops were accompanied by members of their families.
The Holy Father addressed the prelates in various languages. To the new Italian archbishops he expressed the [...]

Jun

29

Pope Announces His New Encyclical “Caritas in Veritate”

June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

At midday today, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his private study overlooking St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims gathered below.
On this Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI addressed a special greeting to faithful of his own diocese of Rome, assuring them [...]

Jun

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Benedict XVI Closes the Pauline Year

June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This evening in the Roman basilica of St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls, the Holy Father presided at first Vespers for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. The ceremony, which officially closed the Pauline Year, was also attended by a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, headed by His Eminence Emmanuel, metropolitan of [...]

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