IRAQ – VATICAN | Source Benedict XVI expresses his sorrow and “heartfelt” condolences for the death of the Chaldean priest and three subdeacons. AsiaNews remembers a friend who died thinking until the end that peace was possible in his country. Fr Ragheed is a martyr for a free Iraq, witness to an unshakable faith,...
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Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Address to Catechists and Religion Teachers Jubilee of Catechists, 12 December 2000 Human life cannot be realized by itself. Our life is an open question, an incomplete project, still to be brought to fruition and realized. Each man’s fundamental question is: How will this be realized—becoming man? How does one learn...
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The scribe in Mark’s Gospel (12:28-34) stands for all those who seek to know how to become truly human. He had listened to Jesus’ previous conversations with various groups and had thus found the courage to ask him what is most essential. What is most essential? How does it enter into my life and...
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INDONESIA | Source by Benteng Reges Some Muslim hardliners come in for harsh criticism for creating a false and violent image of Islam. Police is also strongly condemned for not intervening decisively. Carmelite spokeswoman says she and her sisters are not worrying; they are trying to play down the controversy. Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Police...
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Source | 7/25/2007 | Catholic Online VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Young people are being called to be missionaries burning with the love of God to proclaim the good news of Jesus to their contemporaries in an increasingly secularized world, said Pope Benedict XVI in his message for World Youth Day 2008. In a...
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Journalism is meaningful only when it helps us to learn the truth. It can be a genuine calling only when there is a truth that is good. Then it is right and necessary to help this truth to find its proper expression. The fundamental certainty that Good does exist and that we are created...
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