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'Evil wants to sully creation'

Source: iAfrica.com, Feb 24 2013, 11:38pm CST

Pope Benedict XVI at the weekend promised top Vatican officials he would remain in "spiritual proximity" with them even after he resigns next week, at the end of a week-long spiritual retreat in the Vatican. T ...

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Parvum Opus: Followers Flock To Pope's Latin Twitter Feed

Source: NPR  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:32am CDT

The papal Twitter account in Latin has attracted more than 100,000 followers in six months, far exceeding expectations. It was launched under the previous pope, Benedict XVI, and continues under the current ponti ...

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'Gay Lobby' at the Vatican -- Really?

Source: The Huffington Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:47pm CDT

A "gay lobby" at the Vatican? My first reaction to the leaking of the words of Pope Francis was, "If this Vatican 'gay lobby' is supposed to be working for me and the LGBT movement, we ought to fire them immediately!" As a graduate ...

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"I would like to thank all of you and not only for this week but for the past eight years in which you have shared the burden of the Petrine ministry with great competence, affection, love and faith. This gratitude will stay with me and even though our external visible communion is coming to an end, there remains a spiritual proximity, there remains a profound communion in prayer"


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Did the Cardinals Know Who They Were Electing?

Source: Patheos Blogs  |   Jun 18 2013, 4:59pm CDT

By Jon M. Sweeney A review of Francis: Man of Prayer, by Mario Escobar. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2013. First of all, disregard the gold medallion the marketers stuck on the cover of this book: “A Biography.” It’s not, or at least, not re ...

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John Paul II on the path to sainthood

Source: News24  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:33pm CDT

2013-06-18 22:33 Vatican City - Vatican theologians have attributed a second miracle to pope John Paul II, putting him firmly on the path to sainthood, the Ansa news agency reported on Tuesday. Quoting unnamed Vatican sources, Ansa said the ne ...

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Pope Tiptoes Around Same-Sex Marriage

Source: The Nonprofit Quarterly  |   Jun 18 2013, 10:00am CDT

Last Friday, Francis met with Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and titular head of the Anglican Communion. The religious heads addressed the controversial issue of civil marriage equality, which is gaining groun ...

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Pope Francis: Christ Is the True Revolution

Source: About.com: Catholicism  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:54am CDT

A revolution, in order to transform history, must profoundly change human hearts. Revolutions that have taken place throughout the centuries have changed political and economic systems, but none of them have truly changed the human heart. Onl ...

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St. Joseph's Name Added to All the Canons

Source: New Liturgical Movement  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:46am CDT

Fr. Zuhlsdorf reports that an official decree has been issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship, adding the name of Saint Joseph to the Second, Third and Fourth Eucharistic Prayers, as it was added to the Roman Can ...

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Rai says neutral Cabinet needed at this stage

Source: Lebanon Daily Star  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:36am CDT

Lebanon's Beshara Boutros al-Rai (L) is greeted by US cardinal Bernard Francis Law upon arrival for a ceremony where the pontif will appoint him as one of the six new cardinals on November 24, 2012 at St Peter's basilica ...

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Vatican lawyer not surprised by court's refusal to hear abuse case

Source: Catholic News Agency  |   Jun 18 2013, 1:53am CDT

Washington D.C., Jun 18, 2013 / 12:04 am (CNA).- A dismissed request that the International Criminal Court investigate U.S. clergy sex abuse as a crime against humanity misunderstands the nature of the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s ...

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