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April 8, 2011. (Romereports.com)
It's no coincidence that each year 12 million people visit the Shrine of
Guadalupe and 10 million at Aparecida. Latin America has always been
characterized by a massive expression of popular devotion. Taking
note of this, the pope told the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
that these expressions of piety are a key element in the new
evangelization of the continent.Benedict XVI “All these, well channeled and duly accompanied, help bring ab ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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April 5, 2011 In recent years, the Eastern Church has
constantly called on Rome for its conversion into a Patriarchate, which
would give them more autonomy. But the archbishop Shevchuk said that the
Patriarchate was not discussed with the pope in this meeting. “We will not speak, we'll work, we'll work with this task of the evangelization, develop our structures, our presence,” said Arch. Sviatoslav Shevchuk, new Major Archbishop of the Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine.During the g ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 30, 2011. Benedict
XVI dedicated his catechesis during the
general audience to
St. Alphonsus Liguori, the
patron
of confessors and moralists. St. Alphonsus Liguori was a doctor of civil
and canon law but abandoned his promising career as a lawyer to become a
priest. Pope Pius IX appointed him as a Doctor of the Church. Benedict
XVI“Alphonsus'
pastoral zeal also found expression in his moral teaching, which
emphasized divine mercy and the relationship between God's law and
our deepe ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 30, 2011. (-ONLY VIDEO-) The pope dedicated his
general audience to St. Alphonsus Liguori, a doctor of the Church, as
well as a theologian and teacher of spiritual life. He lived in Italy
during the eighteenth century and founded the Order of Redemptorists.
FULL TEXT:"Dear Brothers and Sisters,Our catechesis today deals with
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, an outstanding eighteenth-century preacher,
scholar and Doctor of the Church. Alphonsus left a brilliant career as a
lawyer to become a pri ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 23, 2011. It feels like spring has finally
arrived, as people crowded St. Peter's Square for the first general
audience to be held outside in 2011. Benedict XVI dedicated his
catechesis to Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, a Capuchin friar who lived
during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The pope commended
the friar for his work ethic and commitment to
spreading the Gospel, something he said that everyone could learn from.Benedict XVI“The new evangelization needs
well-prepared ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 23, 2011. (-ONLY VIDEO-) The pope dedicated his general audience to Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, a Capuchin friar. FULL TEXT:Dear Brothers and Sisters,Our catechesis
today focuses on Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, a Capuchin friar of the
sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries known for his vigorous labour
for the salvation of souls, his vast learning and his eloquent
preaching. Coming of age at a time when many of the articles of the
faith were being called into question, Saint Lawrence applied h ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 7, 2011. Monsignor Paul
Tighe, Secretary for the Pontifical Council for Social
Communications, said that the recent plenary meeting of that council
focused on collaboration among independent Catholic media
organizations. "We are looking at the synergies," said Monsignor Tighe.Msgr. Paul Tighe
Secretary,
Pontifical Council for Social Communcations“How
are all of these going to work together in the context of new media
where their distinct productions will probably fuse together. ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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March 4, 2011. The Vatican has asked every bishop from
around the world how to bring the Christian message to those who have
never heard the word of God and those who have left the faith.Msgr. Nikola EterovicGeneral Secretary, Synod of Bishops“The
New Evangelization is directed especially towards those who are
baptized and legally members of the Church, but who for various reasons
have moved away from religious practice.”This is the first
period of work prior to the synod. The dra ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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January 18, 2011. Cardinal John Henry Newman was
ordained as a priest in 1847 in this
chapel dedicated to The Three Wisemen. The chapel was part of the
Vatican congregation responsible for missionaries around the world. Now,
thanks to the opening of the museum by the Congregation for the
Evangelization of Peoples, in one visit you can see all the places which
had a profound effect on this blessed.
The Chapel of the Three Kings was designed by Bernini in 1643, at the
request of Cardinal Anton ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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