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 Thursday 2 July 2009
Pope Benedict XVI will be praying in July for the Christians in the Middle East.
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Monday 29 June 2009
The upcoming social encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI "Caritas in veritate" - Charity in truth - will bear the date of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, 29 June, but will likely become public on 6 or 7 July, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera said on Saturday.
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 Monday 22 June 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is affirming that suffering cannot be understood on a human level, but requires faith in God, who alone has the power to remove it. The Pope said this yesterday in a meeting with directors, employees and patients at the Italian hospital established by Padre Pio, the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, the "Home to Relieve Suffering."
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Monday 22 June 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is assuring youth, especially the unemployed, that the Church will not abandon them. He is asking them in turn to not abandon the Church.
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Tuesday 16 June 2009
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that his next encyclical, which "will soon be published," will outline the work Christians must do in order to bring about "truly free" human coexistence.
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 Tuesday 16 June 2009
In his Sunday Angelus address to 15,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Corpus Christi, the Body of Christ, as a manifestation of God and proof that God is love.
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Thursday 11 June 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is warning of a "serpentine secularisation" that penetrates the Church and is manifested in "formal and empty Eucharistic worship."
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Wednesday 10 June 2009
Since faith and reason come from the same source -- divine wisdom -- authority should never contradict truth, according to Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 2 June 2009
Pope Benedict XVI will offer his prayers this month for the poor not to be forgotten in the economic crisis as well as for Christians living in the violence-scarred regions of the world.
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 Tuesday 26 May 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is affirming his support for the Catholics in China and is calling them to renewed fidelity to Christ and communion with the Successor of Peter.
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 Monday 11 May 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has embarked on an historic pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 8-15 May 2009.
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Thursday 7 May 2009
Pope Benedict XVI yesterday offered a special message to residents of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories in preparation for his pilgrimage there that starts Friday.
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Thursday 7 May 2009
Life is a value that shows the wisdom and love of God, and every doctor in the world should be at the service of life, says Benedict XVI.
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Thursday 7 May 2009
Days before he heads to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI taught the crowd of 20,000 at his weekly General Audience about the reason that Christians venerate images. Drawing from St. John Damascene, he explained the theology behind the use of material objects and the difference between adoration and veneration.
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 Wednesday 29 April 2009
Touring the earthquake-damaged Abruzzo region of Italy on Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI met with rescue workers and those impacted by the quake. During an address to the victims, he assured them of his solidarity and encouraged them saying, “L'Aquila, though wounded, will arise once more."
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Wednesday 29 April 2009
Learning religion at school is far from an interference in one's freedom, and is rather an example of mutual respect, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 14 April 2009
Thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday to hear Pope Benedict XVI’s Easter message and Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing. During his address, the Holy Father reminded the faithful that Jesus’ death and resurrection gives hope to the world.
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Tuesday 14 April 2009
Thousands of the faithful gathered in the Colleseum on 10 April for the Good Friday Way of the Cross ceremony led by Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, who reflected on the trials of Christians in India and elsewhere. Afterwards, Pope Benedict delivered an address, encouraging everyone to look on the face of Jesus, who changed the world by his death.
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Thursday 9 April 2009
Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the Easter triduum at the general audience yesterday, which he called the "fulcrum of the entire liturgical year."
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Tuesday 31 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the community of a poor immigrant parish in Rome to have faith that even though God can't be seen, he is near to those in need.
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Monday 30 March 2009
With thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the joy of the African Church he experienced during his recent trip to Cameroon and Angola. He expressed his thanks to God and to the Church in Africa, noting the fruitfulness of the work of missionaries who live in those lands.
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 Monday 23 March 2009
By John Thavis, Catholic News Service
Meeting with nearly 30,000 Angolan young people, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to be wary of today's dominant social culture and to shape the world according to the values of the Gospel. The encounter in a Luanda soccer stadium March 21 was marred by a stampede that killed two young women and injured 89 others, hours before the Pope arrived.
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 Monday 23 March 2009
Addressing Angolan political leaders and an international group of diplomats, Pope Benedict XVI appealed on behalf of African families struggling from the effects of poverty, disease and war.
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Friday 20 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging bishops to work together to proclaim the Gospel to everyone, keeping a paternal closeness with their priests, forming the laity and caring for the poor.
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Friday 20 March 2009
Yesterday, on the Feast of St. Joseph, Pope Benedict XVI spoke to a vast crowd at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon. He encouraged the faithful to make Africa the continent of hope by following the example of St Joseph, especially in times of trouble.
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Wednesday 18 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI received a special welcome from Muslim and Protestant leaders as he arrived at the international airport of Yaoundé-Nsimalen, Cameroon yesterday.
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 Wednesday 18 March 2009
Making his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent's chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism.
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 Tuesday 17 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a year of the priest in an effort to encourage "spiritual perfection" in priests.
The Pope will open the special year with a vespers service at the Vatican June 19 -- the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the day for the sanctification of priests. He will close the celebrations during a World Meeting of Priests in St. Peter's Square June 19, 2010.
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Friday 13 March 2009
A letter from Pope Benedict XVI to the bishops of the world, in which he explains the reasons he chose to lift the excommunications of the four bishops illicitly ordained by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, including Bishop Richard Williamson, was officially made public yesterday in Rome.
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 Thursday 12 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is expressing his hope that the slaying of three people in Northern Ireland will not hamper the peace process under way there.
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Tuesday 10 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging pastors to catechize parishioners about the depth of the liturgy and the meaning of the sacraments as encounters with God.
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Thursday 5 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging pastors to help people see that the faith is not something of the past, but can show them today how be fully alive.
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Wednesday 4 March 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has affirmed that in the midst of the economic crisis, "priority should be given to workers and their families."
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Wednesday 4 March 2009
The turning over of an Italian church to the Russian Orthodox patriarchate gives "nostalgia for unity," says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Monday 2 March 2009
This next month, Pope Benedict will devote himself to praying that women around the world will be more appreciated and for the Church in China.
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Monday 2 March 2009
Pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday to pray the Angelus prayer at noon with Pope Benedict XVI. In his remarks, the Pontiff spoke of the importance of angels and also prayed for those struggling in uncertain financial times.
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Friday 27 February 2009
The global economic crisis has contributed to the delay in the publication of Pope Benedict XVI's new social encyclical, not for financial reasons, but because the crisis has demonstrated how important and how complicated the topic is.
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 Tuesday 24 February 2009
Pope Benedict XVI stated that in order to enter into the mystery of human life, all sciences must fight isolation and work together in a common vocation to seek the truth.
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Tuesday 24 February 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is asking for prayers for a successful fulfillment of his mission as the Bishop of Rome.
The Pope made this request on Sunday, the feast of the Chair of Peter, in an address to those gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus.
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Thursday 19 February 2009
Yesterday in St Peter's Square Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the teachings of Saint Bede the Venerable, which provide modern Christians in every state of life with a way to holiness.
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 Wednesday 17 February 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is recognising Pope Pius XI's work in opposition of Nazism and totalitarianism in the 1930s. The German Pope recalled the papacy of Achille Ratti (1922-1939) in an address Saturday on the 80th anniversary of the creation of Vatican City State.
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Wednesday 18 February 2009
The Church doesn't have room for narrow minds and ethnic conflicts, and needs to work toward unity in the face of diversity, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Friday 13 February 2009
Pope Benedict XVI says bishops of former Communist countries need to be ardent in their proclamation of the Gospel, and thus overcome the difficulties inherited in those nations.
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Friday 13 February 2009
St. John Climacus might have lived a hermit's life on Mt. Sinai some 1,400 years ago, but he still has something to say to Christians today, says Benedict XVI.
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 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2009
Dear Brothers and Sisters!
At the beginning of Lent, which constitutes an itinerary of more intense spiritual training, the Liturgy sets before us again three penitential practices that are very dear to the biblical and Christian tradition – prayer, almsgiving, fasting – to prepare us to better celebrate Easter and thus experience God’s power that, as we shall hear in the Paschal Vigil, “dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost innocence, brings mourners joy, casts out hatred, brings us peace and humbles earthly pride” (Paschal Præconium).
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Monday 2 February 2009
Christ knew that to fulfill his mission he had to suffer and die on the cross. For this reason, he took great strides to keep his identity hidden, says Pope Benedict XVI. |
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Friday 30 January 2009 Pope Benedict XVI gathered the Roman Rota at the Vatican yesterday to mark the end of the judicial year and to speak about marriage annulments involving mental incapacity. |
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Tuesday 20 January 2009 Pope Benedict XVI encouraged thousands of families in Mexico and around the world to mobilise themselves to promote a culture and politics of the family. |
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 Monday 19 January 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has issued a plea for an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip and offered his prayers for those working for peace. Although Israel declared a cease-fire early on Sunday morning, Hamas has pledged to continue its resistance.
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 Wednesday 7 January 2008
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for the protection of children, especially those "denied a serene childhood," on a feast day that in many countries is a celebration the youngest members of society.
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 Monday 5 January 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is inviting Christians to "be not afraid," despite economic shadows hanging over 2009.
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Monday 15 December 2008
From the beginning of Christianity, the Church has been encouraging the
faithful to await Christ's return with tranquility, not with a spirit
of alarm, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Friday 12 December 2008
Ignoring the ethical basis for human
rights implies that their protection and respect is always on fragile
ground, says Benedict XVI.
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Monday 8 December 2008
From the balcony of his study in St
Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the source of
hope that Christians find in Advent. This true hope comes from Jesus,
who liberates man from more than just political and social bondage; he
creates a new humanity.
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Monday 8 December 2008
Upon receiving the letters of credence from the new ambassador of
Argentina to the Holy See Friday, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that the
Church seeks “to promote the dignity of human beings and to elevate
them for the good of everyone.” He also recalled the 30 year
anniversary of the papal intervention to resolve a dispute between
Chile and Argentina.
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Monday 8 December 2008
Pope Benedict XVI believes that it is necessary to rediscover the value
of natural law to lay the foundations of a much-needed universal ethics.
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Monday 8 December 2008
Pope Benedict XVI says he shares the "sorrows and difficulties" of the
Christian of the Holy Land, who are suffering at hands of political,
economic and social instability in the region.
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Friday 5 December 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is asking the bishops of Chile to cultivate
"intense interior life and profound faith" as prerequisites for
responding to the spiritual needs of the faithful.
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 Monday 1 December 2008
Shortly after completing the Angelus prayer and his reflections on
Advent, Pope Benedict turned his attention to the outbreaks of violence
in India and Nigeria and deplored the thinking of the attackers.
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Monday 1 December 2008
We may not take time for God, but he takes time for us, says Pope Benedict XVI.
The Pope spoke about God's availability for his creatures
yesterday before he prayed the midday Angelus with crowds gathered in
St Peter's Square, Vatican City. On the first day of the new liturgical year, the
Holy Father reflected on the gift of time.
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Thursday 27 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic faithful were joined in the
Paul VI audience hall yesterday by Aram I, Catholicos of Cicilia of the
Armenians and a group of Armenian clergy and laity. Before he delivered
his general audience address, the Pope thanked Aram I for his efforts
to further ecumenical dialogue and prayed for full unity between the
two Churches.
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Tuesday 25 November 2008
The growth in ecumenical relations has great promise for the proclamation of the Gospel in our time, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Monday 24 November 2008
Do good and the Kingdom of God will be realised in our midst, act
according to self-interest and the world will be destroyed, says Pope
Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 18 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is urging drivers to follow St Paul's advice: Be awake and sober. After the midday Angelus on Sunday, the Pope spoke of the tragedy of traffic accidents.
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Friday 14 November 2008
Upon receiving Letters of Credence from the new ambassador of San Marino, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that if the country’s rich Christian heritage is separated from the its public life, citizens will be led “down a blind alley.”
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 Monday 10 November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI reminded participants in an international congress on
organ transplants that before vital organs can be extracted from a
body, it must be certified beyond a doubt that the donor is truly dead.
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Monday 10 November 2008
The donation of one's organs is a free act of charity, and
should not be submitted to the "logic of the market," says Pope
Benedict XVI.
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 Friday 7 November 2008
Religions can and should be a factor of peace, Pope Benedict XVI is affirming.
The Pope said this yesterday when he received the letters of credence
from the new Egyptian ambassador to the Holy See, Lamia Aly Hamada
Mekhemar.
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Wednesday 5 November 2008
When facing death, one is forced to face reality and recognize things for what they are, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Friday 31 October 2008
Liberty cannot be invoked to justify
excesses that lead to a regression in the understanding of the human
being, Pope Benedict XVI says.
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Tuesday 28 October 2008
The Church is fully aware of the autonomy of Church and state,
and the distinction between religion and politics is in fact a specific
historical and contribution of Christianity, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Monday 27 October 2008
Both scientific exegesis and a prayerful reading of the Bible are
necessary to get to the message God wants to give today through
Scripture, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Friday 17 October 2008
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday declared
Pope John Paul II's encyclical Fides et Ratio to be of "constant
relevance" during an address to participants in a conference marking
the tenth anniversary of the encyclical's promulgation. The encyclical,
Pope Benedict said, is characterised by its "great openness to reason"
at a time when some speculate about reason's weakness.
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Monday 13 October 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is pleading for an end to violence in India, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Monday 6 October 2008
Pope Benedict XVI opened the world Synod of Bishops on the Word
of God expressing the hope that it give birth to a new missionary
dynamism in the regions of the world where it seems that "God is dead".
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Friday 19 September 2008
Prejudice is learned in the home,
and that is why parents have the duty to teach children respect for the
human dignity of all people, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008
Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to the president of France thanking
him for the country's warm welcome this weekend. The Pope returned to
Castel Gandolfo Monday, after a four-day trip to Paris and Lourdes.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008
For those who suffer and are
struggling, the strength to carry on can be found within the smile of
the Virgin Mary, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008
Christ doesn't heal suffering by taking it away, but rather by living
it with those who suffer, and bringing them toward the hope of a new
creation, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008
The Pope simply couldn't miss
participating in the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the
Marian apparitions at Lourdes, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tuesday 16 September 2008
The only thing that separates a saint from a sinner is that a saint
looks less at himself and more at Christ and his love, says the Pope.
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 Monday 15 September 2008
Pope Benedict XVI participated in a type of mini-World Youth Day in
Paris, addressing some 270,000 young people gathered near Notre Dame
Cathedral, and entrusting them with two "treasures."
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 Monday 15 September 2008
An allowance for the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 Missal
is in no way a return to the past, but rather an expression of pastoral
concern, says Pope Benedict XVI.
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 Monday 15 September 2008
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass for 150,000 international pilgrims at
the Marian sanctuaries of Lourdes, France, and told them that humble
prayer to Mary was a true path to Christ.
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 Tuesday 9 September 2008
Pope Benedict XVI is asking the Virgin Mary to give special protection
to mothers, particularly those that find themselves alone in the task
of educating their children.The Pope voiced this petition Sunday before
praying the midday Angelus during his pastoral visit to Sardinia, a
semi-autonomous Italian island located in the Mediterranean Sea.
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 Friday 5 September 2008
The upcoming Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops should
promote the exercise of hope, as described in the encyclical "Spe
Salvi," says Pope Benedict XVI.
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Monday 1 September 2008
Migration has become an emergency in our times, and one that
demands solidarity and effective political solutions, says Pope
Benedict XVI.
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Monday 1 September 2008
Taking up one's cross isn't an option, it's a mission all Christians are called to, says Pope Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this yesterday before reciting the midday Angelus with
several thousand people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer
residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.
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Thursday 28 August 2008
Pope Benedict XVI asked for an immediate end to the acts of violence
against Christians in India, which has caused at least nine deaths over
the past three days in the eastern state of Orissa.
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Monday 25 August 2008
Pope Benedict XVI says that his mission as the successor of St.
Peter is ensuring that the Church never identifies itself with just one
nation or culture.
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Monday 25 August 2008
Recent tensions on the international scene are a cause for lively concern, says Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope affirmed this yesterday after he prayed the midday
Angelus with crowds gathered at the summer papal residence at Castel
Gandolfo.
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Monday 18 August 2008
Speaking before the
recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI recounted the
Sunday readings and emphasised the universality of the Church’s
mission. He called for the end of racism and encouraged people to
reflect on hospitality as a “sign and instrument of communion among
human beings” of every race and culture.
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 Thursday 21 August 2008
During yesterday’s general audience in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the saints and feasts the liturgical calendar celebrates this week and the next.
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 Friday 22 August 2008
Pope Benedict XVI sent a
telegram expressing his condolences to the victims of Wednesday's plane
crash in Spain that cost 153 lives.
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