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Pope to Inaugurate Year for Priests on 19 June
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In the Vatican Basilica at 6 p.m. on Friday 19 June, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Benedict XVI will preside at Second Vespers to mark the opening of the Year for Priests, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Marie Vianney “Cure of Ars”.
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Trinity Sunday
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Truly encompass this great feast of Corpus Christi. God, Our Father, Who is the Creator, God the Son, Who is the Redeemer, and God the Holy Ghost, Who is the Sanctifier. The sign of the Cross is our banner and pledge of our holy Faith in the Triune God: One God in Three Divine Persons. [...]
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Pontifical Acts
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia, presented by Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Bishop Otto Separy, auxiliary of Aitape, Papua New Guinea, as bishop of the same diocese (area 18,200, [...]



