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Why the Bishop of Limburg is important for our conversion
Lots of attention has been given these past weeks to the spending habits of the bishop of Limburg, The Most Reverend Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, 52, known in the secular media as “Bishop...
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New cardinals to be created in February 2014
Vatican Radio and the French news agency I-Media broke the news today that the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, will create new cardinals in a Consistory to be held February 21 and 22, 2014. No names have...
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Pope meets the Council of Cardinals, again
The Pope and the Council of Cardinals begin their second meeting today, and running until Thursday. His Holiness established the agenda to study the need for substantial reform of the Roman Curia, to...
View ArticlePope establishes commission for protection of minors, pastoral care of victims
Many in the world are watching the Church and how she is addressing the needs of a contemporary Church. The concerns of the College of Cardinals at the last papal election reflected the concerns of the...
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Monsignors curbed
It was reported today that Pope Francis curbed the use of the ecclesiastical title of monsignor. Some priests I know will be mad and some will go on antidepressants. The papal directive is that the...
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Pope Francis writes to new cardinals
Dear Brother, On the day in which your designation is made public to be part of the College of Cardinals, I wish to express to you a cordial greeting together with the assurance of my closeness and my...
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Loris Capovilla becomes cardinal of the Roman Church
The Holy Father created 98 year old Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. Because of age Capovilla did not go to Rome to receive the cardinal’s rad biretta and ring,...
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The primate of Canada gets it!
A friend mine sent me this photo of the Archbishop of Quebec, primate of Canada and cardinal of the Roman Church, Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., … at a parish function, and who is he sitting with?...
View ArticleWhich is it: Holy See, the Vatican, or the Catholic Church?
Always distinguish your terms, especially as they are related to the Church…Do you know the differences in terms: Holy See, Vatican and the Catholic Church??? They are not the same…our Catholic faith...
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Cardinal Coccopalmerio speaks about marriage, communion to divorced and...
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio was chosen by Pope Francis to head a new commission for the study simplifying of the annulment process. The Cardinal is the President of the Pontifical Council for...
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