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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