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Encyclical “Caritas In Veritate” to Be Presented on 7 July

July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday 7 July a press conference will be held to present Benedict XVI’s new Encyclical “Caritas in veritate”.
Participating in the conference will be: Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino and Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, respectively president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice [...]

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Benedict XVI’s Prayer Intentions for July

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Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for July is: “That the Christians of the Middle East may live their faith in full freedom and be an instrument of peace and reconciliation”.
His mission intention is: “That the Church may be the seed and nucleus of a humanity reconciled and reunited in God’s one [...]

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Audience: the Essential Elements of Priestly Ministry

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The Year for Priests was again the theme of the Holy Father’s catechesis during his general audience, held this morning in St. Peter’s Square.
The Pope began his remarks by expressing the hope that the Year “may be an opportunity for the inner renewal of all priests and, consequently, for the revitalisation [...]

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Pontifical Acts

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The Holy Father:
– Appointed Bishop Fernando Antonio Saburido O.S.B. of Sobral, Brazil, as metropolitan archbishop of Olinda e Recife (area 2,226, population 3,758,000, Catholics 3,552,000, priests 228, permanent deacons 7, religious 462), Brazil. The archbishop-elect was born in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil in 1947, he was ordained a priest in 1983 and consecrated [...]