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December 13, 2012 (Romereports.com) Benedict XVI
received on Thursday the ambassadors from Zambia, Niger, Guinea in
Africa, Thailand and Sri Lanka in Asia, and St. Vincent and the
Grenadines in the Caribbean, during a colorful audience. During the meeting with the diplomats, the Pope talked about the importance of access to education for all children, which he described as one of the biggest challenges today.
BENEDICT XVI“Today
it is easy to discover situation in a context in whic ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 13, 2012 (Romereports.com) Exactly 24 hours after Benedict XVI sent out his first tweet in several languages, the number of Twitter followers to his eight accounts ballooned in size.His English-language account, @pontifex,
saw the largest surge in popularity. Before sending out his first
tweet, he had 672,590 followers. But a full 24 hours since, the number
swelled to 1,038,570 followers.But the other foreign language accounts also saw noticeable gains:His account in Spanish is the second largest w ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 12, 2012 (Romereports.com) It's a done deal. Benedict XVI is officially on Twitter under @Pontifex.
In his first tweet, he says, 'I'm pleased to get in touch with you
through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of
you from my heart.' He has a total of eight accounts in different
languages. Just moments after his first tweet, he had over a million
followers. In just minutes, his first tweet
was 'retweeted' by more than 20,000 people. Of those, about 11,000 in
English a ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 12, 2012 (Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-)
“Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter.
Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.”
In 140 characters or less, Benedict XVI tweeted using his new account @pontifex. Joined
by five youths from across the globe, the Pope shared his first message
on the social media site, responding to one of his follower's question
on faith. Any person on Twitter can send the Pope a question usi ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 11, 2012 (Romereports.com) The Vatican
foreign minister staunchly defended freedom of expression and religion,
but also rebuked several countries at the conference for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Dublin, for failing to do more to protect Christians from persecution.Msgr.
Dominque Mamberti told the group's 56 other members from the Northern
Hemisphere that the Vatican supports the OSCE's objective to fight for
human rights. But he added that they are especia ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 10, 2012 (Romereports.com) Passing through the streets of Rome in his new popemobile, the Pope made his way to the city's Spanish steps, to mark the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception.
Despite the cold weather, thousands made their way to the city's
landmark statue, to honor Our Lady. The Pope said the divine connection
between Our Lady and Jesus, is often ignored. 'No one knows about it. No
one talks about it.'BENEDICT XVI“That
which is truly great, often goes unnoticed. But that qui ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 10, 2012 (Romereports.com) During Sunday's
Angelus Benedict XVI talked about Christmas, reminding people that
celebrating the birth of Jesus, should not be overshadowed by consumerism. He urged people to recognize that happiness is not found in materialism.BENEDICT XVI“Within
a society of consumerism, we are tempted to seek joy in things. But
John the Baptist teaches us to focus on the essential, so that Christmas
is seen not as an exterior celebration, but as a celebration honoring
the ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 8, 2012 (Romereports.com) Three new apps aim to make it easier for expect parents to choose between Christian names for their children, and to help youth choose a saint for their confirmation. The first app is called Saint Names for Your Baby.
Soon-to-be parents can browse through more than 1000 names of Catholic
saints. The app provides biographic information on each saint, as well
as their patronage and feast day.Along those same lines, a second app titled Patron Saints allows any person to look ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 8, 2012 (Romereports.com) The apathy and
perceived moral decline in the Western world was the topic of this
year's Calihan lecture in Rome, an annual discussion about religion and liberty.This
year's speaker Dr. Giovanni Patriarca delved into how an abandonment of
traditional values in an increasingly fast-paced, materialized and
digitized world contributes to a decline in culture.He argued that religion plays a key role in restoring the values on which Western society was built upon.PROF. GIO ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 7, 2012 (Romereports.com) The Pope met with the International Theological Commission, thanking all members for the recent publication of 'Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria.' The document, which is divided into three chapters, deals with issues addressed in contemporary theology. BENEDICT XVI “This
document presents, 'the genetic code of Catholic theology,' so to
speak, meaning it includes the principles that define its identity.
Therefore, it guarantees i ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 7, 2012 (Romereports.com) The Pope's private secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein has two new titles. He's been named Prefect of the Papal Household and also archbishop. The dual appointment was carried out because the
Prefect of the Papal Household, must also be an archbishop. Up until
now, Gaenswein had not held that rank. Previously
the Prefect of the Papal Household was James Harvey. In November he left
that post, when the Pope made him a Cardinal and the archpriest of the ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 6, 2012 (Romereports.com) More than 30,000 European youths will travel to Rome to celebrate the new year in the Eternal City. Thanks to the Taizé Community, from December 28th to January 2nd, they will all take part in a gathering called the European Meeting in Rome. As a highlight, they'll have a meeting with Benedict XVI.CARD. AGOSTINO VALLINIVicar General of Rome“It's
a different way to mark the New Year because it's a combination of a
vacation and celebration. The meeting will have a messa ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 6, 2012 (Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-) The Christmas tree that will adorn St. Peter's Square arrived Thursday morning. The white spruce giant, measuring nearly 80 feet tall, comes from a forest in southern Italy. The tree will take its place next to the Vatican's large Nativity scene in the Square. The illumination ceremony for the tree will take place on December 14.Once the Holidays end, the wood from the spruce will be donated to several groups that manufacture toys for children in need.RCAMG ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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Decembre 4, 2012 (Romereports.com) The popularity of the Pope's Twitter account swelled enourmously within 24 hours, reaching nearly half a million followers on the social site, and despite the fact that the first tweet from Benedict XVI will not come out until December 12. The most popular of the Pope's eight accounts is the English-language version @Pontifex, which has well over 350,000 followers.
Adding the pontif's seven other language versions, more than 500,000
Twitter users have suscribed to his ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 3, 2012 (Romereports.com) On December 12 Benedict XVI will write his first tweet using his account @pontifex.
During a packed press conference. The Vatican explained that Pope's
involvement in social media shows his desire to speak to modern men and
women wherever they may be. His first tweets will answer several questions about faith that any person can send him before December 12, using the hash tag #askpontifex.ABP. CLAUDIO MARIA CELLIPrefect, Pontifical Council of Social Commun ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 3, 2012 (Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-) For
the first time in history a Pope joins cyberspace with his own social
media account. The name of the Benedict XVI's official Twitter account
will be @Pontifex. His followers will be able to ask him questions using
the hashtag #askpontifex. But those looking forward to his first tweet
will have to wait until December 12. ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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December 2, 2012 (Romereports.com) The moment was historic as the Pope sent out his first ever tweet. One year and half later, Benedict XVI will have his own account on social networking site Twitter,
a monumental occasion within the virtual world. But, within the
Vatican, the Pope is not the first to embrace this new technology.Among the most popular Catholic leaders in cyberspace is Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York. He has over 61,500 followers, and uses Twitter frequently to share phot ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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01 Dicember, 2012 (Romereports.com) With the Advent around the corner, the Archdiocese of Sidney is making it easier for worldwide Catholics track down the Nativity. They launched the 2012 version of the XT3 Advent calendar mobile app for Apple and Android phones. The main goal, according to the diocese, is to reach out to youth and get them to participate in the four week period leading up to the birth of Jesus.The
app is available to download at the Sidney diocese's social media site
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November 30, 2012 (Romereports.com) Benedict XVI met with French bishops for an “ad limina” visit. The Pope
told them that the Church counts on France to carry out the new
evangelization, and invited them to continue pushing the growth of
laymembers and the work of Catholic education centers. BENEDICT XVI“Within the French Church, there is
a long list of saint, doctors, martyrs and confessors of the faith. You
have inherited a great human experience and an immense spiritual
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November 29, 2012 (Romereports.com) One month into the Year of Faith, churches in the United States and
around the globe are finding new ways to reach out to believers. Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says making it a success is largely dependent on each person.CARD. SEAN PATRICK O'MALLEYArchbishop of Boston (USA)“In
great part the effectiveness of the new evangelization is going to be
the individual believers who are convinced that they need to talk to
other people about their fai ROMEREPORTS.COM (View | Year of Faith) |
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