Archive for May 5, 2008

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Swiss Guard is a ‘school of life’, Pope tells new recruits

The Vatican saw an unusual sight this morning as 33 new Swiss guards, their family members and fellow corps members... Read more

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Authentic praying of the Rosary brings healing, counsels Benedict XVI

On Saturday, the Holy Father presided at the praying of the Rosary in the Roman Basilica of St. Mary Major. ... Read more

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Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony highlights corps history

The San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace will be filled on Tuesday evening with close to 100 of the... Read more

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Vatican recognizes Marian apparitions in France

On Sunday during a Mass celebrated in the town of Laus in the French Alps, Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco of... Read more

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Child cured of anencephaly through intercession of Virgin of Lujan completely normal

The Catholic magazine “Cristo Hoy” in Argentina has published an article on a mother who entrusted her daughter to the... Read more

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Priest assassinated in Mexico

Two unknown men killed 33 year-old Father Julio Cesar Mendoza, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, on May 1 in... Read more

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Catholics have moral obligation to support the Church, says Cardinal Amigo

The archbishop of Seville, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, said last week that “from a moral point of view,” Catholics cannot... Read more

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Educational role of the family 'irreplaceable', institute director says

The president of the Institute for Family Policy, Eduardo Hertfelder, defended the “irreplaceable” educational role of the family amidst the... Read more

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Archbishop Wuerl says politicians’ support for abortion is wrong

Archbishop of Washington Donald W. Wuerl has expanded his previous comments about politicians who support permissive abortion laws but also... Read more

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Relief agencies request 'urgent' access to Myanmar after cyclone hits

Relief agencies are pleading for government cooperation in response to the devastating cyclone in Myanmar that has killed almost 4,000... Read more

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Pope John Paul II’s would-be assassin requests Polish citizenship

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II, is applying for Polish citizenship because,... Read more