3/10/2010
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2010 / 04:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishops representing the nine dioceses of Africa's largest country are at the Vatican this week for their "ad Limina visit." Among the contemporary issues the bishops will discuss with Pope Benedict are the upcoming elections, keeping peace and addressing poverty.
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3/10/2010
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2010 / 02:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At today's General Audience, the Holy Father remembered those affected by the earthquake in Turkey on Monday. He said he was "profoundly close" to those affected and urged worldwide support for them.
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3/10/2010
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2010 / 12:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Beginning Thursday a two-day international theological convention will take place at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. Focusing on the "Faithfulness of Christ, Faithfulness of the Priest," the convention aims to shed light on priestly identity, the liturgy and celibacy.
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3/10/2010
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2010 / 11:38 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI remembered the victims of the recent sectarian violence in Nigeria during the General Audience at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Wednesday morning. The Holy Father defined the violence as "atrocious" and called for reconciliation in the country.
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3/10/2010
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2010 / 11:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy Father returned to St. Bonaventure for the subject of his catechesis at the General Audience on Wednesday morning. This saint, he said, not only kept the Franciscan order together with his theology that accepted "newness" into the Church but also teaches modern Christians how to be open to new charisms in the Church.
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3/9/2010
Vatican City, Mar 9, 2010 / 01:03 pm (CNA).- L'Osservatore Romano (LOR) published article yesterday commenting on the Oscar win by Kathryn Bigelow as best director for her film "The Hurt Locker." The film took home five more Oscars than the box-office smash "Avatar," directed by James Cameron.
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3/9/2010
Vatican City, Mar 9, 2010 / 11:40 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi commented today on the decades-old sex abuses cases in several European countries that recently came to light and lauded the Church for its "transparency" and "timely and decisive action" in dealing with them. Fr. Lombardi also stressed that focusing just on the problem of sex abuse in the Church gives a "false perspective" on an issue that affects society at large.
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3/8/2010
Rome, Italy, Mar 8, 2010 / 08:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a recent letter, Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) Member Christine de Vollmer asked Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi to issue a formal clarification of his recent comments characterizing a statement written by a group of PAV members as a call for the resignation of the Academy's president, Archbishop Rino Fisichella.
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3/8/2010
Vatican City, Mar 8, 2010 / 03:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A course for young priests on the proper administration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation began Monday afternoon in the Vatican. The classes aim to prepare the priests for especially delicate matters that come up in the confessional.
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3/8/2010
Vatican City, Mar 8, 2010 / 02:54 pm (CNA).- "Enough! There needs to be a serious house cleaning in our Church. And the Pope is not just going to stand by and watch." These were the words of Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, that were printed in the pages of Italy's La Repubblica newspaper on Saturday.
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