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POPE BENEDICT XVI
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
In a surprising move the pope declared the late Popes Pius XII and John Paul II as “venerable.” Next step is “beatification” and then “canonization.” Canonization is a process in which a person is declared a Saint. A Saint is one who is in heaven with God and can be prayed to for various reasons. [...]
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CAMILO CIBIN
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
For almost 60 years, he was security chief and personal bodyguard to six popes. He died at the age of 83. He was called “Guardian Angel” to the Pope. In his latter years he strode beside Pope John Paul II’s alpine trips. He accompanied the Pope from the hospital in Rome back to the Vatican. [...]
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SWISS CATHOLIC BISHOPS
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
The bishops of Switzerland said the country’s ban on minarets, the Muslim prayer towers, represents an obstacle to interreligious harmony. The ban aggravates interfaith tensions and could have negative repercussions on Christian minorities in Muslim countries. The prohibition was adopted by Swiss voters in a referendum that passed with a 58 percent majority.
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IRAQI CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Since the U.S. led invasion in 2003, Iraq’s Christian minority has faced constant persecution, including dozens of church bombings, executions, kidnappings and forced expulsions, devastating some communities and reducing the overall Christian population by at least 25 percent. In the city of Kirkuk, 10,000 Catholics, Orthodox and Protestant Christians have fled. In Basra, 2000 Christians [...]
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ST. PAUL’S PORTRAIT
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
High hopes have arisen that the Pope will visit Vietnam next year. Cardinal Man stated that permitting the Pope is in good health and his doctors do not advise against a long trip, he will come to Vietnam to close the Jubilee celebrations by celebrating Mass at the famous Marian Shrine of LaVang on January [...]
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POPE BENEDICT XVI – VIETNAM
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
High hopes have arisen that the Pope will visit Vietnam next year. Cardinal Man stated that permitting the Pope is in good health and his doctors do not advise against a long trip, he will come to Vietnam to close the Jubilee celebrations by celebrating Mass at the famous Marian Shrine of LaVang on January [...]
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THE VATICAN
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
VATICAN CITY Vatican City (State) is the smallest country in the world. Created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty, it covers 109 acres within the city of Rome. Completely independent of Italy, it is the center for Spirituality of the Catholic Church and the government of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope is the absolute [...]
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POPE PIUS XII THE CASE
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Defenders Vs Accusers -”Hitler’s Pope” -”The Anti-Semitic Pope” -”Hitler, the War and the Pope” -”Should the Pope be made a saint?” -”The Big Lie” -”The Attack on Pius XII” -”The Pius Debate” These headlines and others appear in books and articles about the late Catholic Pope Pius XII. Questions arise. Did he do enough for [...]
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PAPAL STATEMENT
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
(12/29/2009) A sainthood evaluation “essentially concerns the witness of Christian life that the person showed (his intense relationship with God and continuous search for evangelical perfection) … and not the historical impact of all his operative decisions. “At the beatification of Pope John XXIII and of Pope Pius IX, John Paul II said: ‘Holiness lives [...]
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PAPAL SURPRISE
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Pope Benedict XVI stunned many observers just before Christmas by advancing the sainthood cause of his predecessor, the wartime pontiff Pius XII. For decades, Pope Pius has come under fire by critics — including many Jewish groups and later, some Catholics — who say he failed to speak out loudly enough against Adolf Hitler or [...]
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