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03/13/2011VATICAN Pope close to Japanese as they face aftermath of earthquake Speaking of the meaning of Lent during the Angelus, Benedict XVI highlights how "the eclipse of God necessarily leads to the eclipse of sin." God does not want the death of the sinner, but his conversion, and the Devil is battling His salvific plan "with all his strength". Vatican City (AsiaNews) - Benedict XVI expressed his closeness to the people of Japan during his Angelus address to 40 thousand present in a rain-swept St Peter’s Square Sunday, stressing the "dignity and courage" of...
03/12/2011CHINA - VATICAN Police isolate Hebei village after death of an underground bishop Bishop Andrea Hou Jinli of Xiwanzi, died March 9. The date of the funeral not known while police block participation of the faithful. Bishop Hao spent 10 years in prison and 10 years in a concentration camp.
03/11/2011VATICAN With Benedict XVI in search of the Jesus of the Gospels "Jesus of Nazareth. From the entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection", the second volume of "Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI". A work that aims to help people encounter a well-known “figure”, but one that we are never tired of rediscovering. In fact, for the Pope, the risen Jesus, "is not a reanimated corpse," but "new life", his resurrection, a" chance that involves us all and opens up a new kind of future. "
03/09/2011VATICAN Lent, a testing time for genuine conversion, a joyous journey towards Easter, says Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday today, calling on the faithful to fast, pray and give alms, not for a “desire to be respected and admired for the good deed,” but in order to “rediscover these three works of piety, living them in a deeper way, not for our own love, but for the love of God.”
03/09/2011VATICAN Pope: Lent, fasting means abstaining from evil and living the Gospel General audience, Benedict XVI illustrates the moments of this "time of conversion” and practices connected with it. Linked "strictly" to fasting, almsgiving is the will to do good. Both are the "two wings of a prayer, which allow us to take flight and seek the things of heaven."
03/07/2011VATICAN - PAKISTAN Shahbaz Bhatti “an authentic martyr", Card Tauran leads suffrage mass The Pakistani Christians in Italy association organized the celebration, held in Urdu. A deeply moved Cardinal. Tauran recalls the Pakistani minister in his homily.
03/06/2011VATICAN Pope remembers Shahbaz Bhatti, may his death move everyone to defend religious freedom During the Angelus, Benedict XVI spoke about the “moving sacrifice of the life” of Pakistani minister. He also turned heartsick thoughts to the victims of clashes in Libya. He urges people not to base their life on power, money, success or activism, but rather on the word of God.
03/04/2011VATICAN Towards the synod: the mission to proclaim the Gospel to today's world Lineamenta of the assembly of bishops to be held next year presented. A necessarily missionary church in the face of challenges posed by secularization, globalization, economic crisis, the decline of ideologies.
03/03/2011VATICAN-PHILIPPINES Dialogue with other religions a "high priority" for the Church, says Pope Receiving a group of Philippine bishops, Benedict XVI speaks of respect for everything that is good in other religions. The importance of the formation of the laity and priests. For the latter accompanying the elderly very useful at the beginning of the pastoral work of priests.
03/03/2011VATICAN - VIETNAM Vietnam has two new bishops by Trung Tin Msgr. Vincent Vu Huy Chuong, former bishop of Hung Hoa, appointed to Dalat. Current Hung Hoa auxiliary Jean-Marie Vu Tat promoted. Appointments come at a difficult time for the life of the Church of the country.
03/02/2011VATICAN Pope: in our day we search for freedom with violence and unrest, but it is only found in God During the general audience, Benedict XVI introduces the figure of St. Francis de Sales, a "great master" to whom we owe, among other things, "care for the consecration of temporal things and for sanctification of every day life, in which Vatican II would insist as well as the spirituality of our time. "
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