In solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI, his intentions for the month of September are reprinted below:
General:
That Christians may defend and protect refugees.
Mission:
That every Christian family may be a small evangelizing community which is responsive to the needs of others.
Prayer:
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings [...]
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Some readers wrote into Zenit recently about the issue of formally defining Mary as Co-redemptrix as a dogma of the Church. Here is what they had to say:
With,” Not “Equal To”
A response to: Only One RedeemerWhile I understand Joseph’s reservations about calling Mary co-redemptrix, I do believe that it is important to realize that [...]
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Source: Zenit.
VATICAN CITY, MAY 25, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Love of Mary is not something sentimental but is a gift from Christ on the cross, said a Vatican spokesman.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, affirmed this on the latest episode of the weekly Vatican Television program “Octava Dies.”
Love of Mary, Father Lombardi explained, [...]
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For quite a while now, the topic of Pope Benedict’s Wednesday Audience has been the Church Fathers. Yesterday, he discussed the little-known Romanus the Melodist.
Translated by Teresa Benedetta
Dear brothers and sisters,
In the series of catecheses on the Fathers of the Church, I wish to speak today about a little-known figure: Romanus the Melodist, born [...]
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When Catholics speak of “Mary’s Fiat” we do not mean this:
Rather, we mean this:
Dixit autem Maria: Ecce ancilla Domini: fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. Et discessit ab illa angelus.
Which, translated, mean:
And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her (Luke [...]
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In solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI, his intentions for the month of May are reprinted below:
General:
That Christians may use literature, art and the media to greater advantage to favour a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person
Mission:
That just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church, may [...]
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