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Speaking to the faithful following the Angelus Prayer this Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI recalled that the UN conference on the economic crisis is scheduled to take place this month, and prayed that the ongoing crisis might be transformed into greater development for persons and an equitable distribution of resources and decision-making authority, with attention to the poorest people in particular.

The Holy Father also reflected on the feast of Corpus Domini, the Bread of Life, which is celebrated this Sunda

The market economy leads to economic and civil progress only if it is oriented to the common good. This was one of the messages of Pope Benedict XVI in his Saturday discourse to the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, which on Friday held an international meeting on models of economic and social development. Freedom in the economic sector must insert itself in the framework of a legal context that places it at the service of integral human freedom and in a vision of responsible liberty, the core of w

Faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist cannot be taken for granted. This was Benedict XVIs admonition during his homily of the Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, which he celebrated in front of the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Thursday evening, June 11th.Benedict XVI: Today there arises the risk of a serpentine secularization even within the Church, which can convert into a formal and empty Eucharistic worship, in celebrations lacking this participation from the heart that is expres

We should desire nothing but the joy of the truth that is Christ and avoid everything but his absence. This, in fact, should be regarded as the only cause of total and eternal sadness.These words of John Scotus Erigena, a Christian philosopher and 9th century theologian who was born in Ireland and lived in France, inspired Benedict XVIs General Audience catechesis on June 10th in St. Peters Square.The Holy Father acknowledged that even though the scholars work is not widespread, several of his intuitions st

A Church that focuses on the mission of proclaiming the Gospel views the future with hope. This is what Benedict XVI said in his speech to the bishops of Venezuela at the end of their ad limina visit.The Pope praised the episcopal conferences missionary commitment in the spirit of the great continental mission envisioned by the Latin-American bishops -- a mission that comes in a time of worldwide economic crisis when new reasons for hope must be offered. The Pope said that just as He did with the disciples

ANGELUS 2009-06-07

God does not live in splendid solitude: He is rather an inexhaustible source of life that gives and communicates without ceasing. On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Benedict XVI recalled how God is love, not in the unity of a single person, but in the Trinity of a single substance. He is Creator and Merciful Father: He is the Only Begotten Son, eternal wisdom incarnate, who died and rose from the dead for us; he is the Holy Spirit that moves the cosmos and all history. God, therefore, is all and on

Rabanus Maurus, Abbot of the monastery of Fulda, a wise Carolingian, and the Archbishop of Mainz, lived from 780 to 856 and embodied the figure of shepherd, man of God and attentive scholar of faiths requirements. Benedict XVI underlined this in his General Audience catechesis held in St. Peters Square on June 3rd.The Pope explained that Rabanus Maurus, author of the famous Veni Creator text, wished to offer to others the richness of the first Church Fathers biblical commentaries through his commentaries on

Pope Benedict XVI met on Monday with the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. They discussed the present international situation, as well as the relations between the Holy See and Ukraine. A communiqué also said the two sides are dedicated to finding a just solution to outstanding issues between the Holy See and Ukraine. They also spoke of the contributions the Catholic Church has made to the Ukrainian society, as well as the importance of ecumenical dialogue.

Pope Benedict on Sunday presided over a mass marking the feast of Pentecost during which he reflected on both spiritual and biological pollution saying, What air is for biological life, the Holy Spirit is for spiritual life; and just as an atmospheric pollution exists that poisons the environment and living organisms, there is also a pollution of the heart and the spirit that mortifies and poisons spiritual existence. He went on to say that the two images used to describe the importance of this feast are th

In his Regina Coeli address in St Peters Square on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Benedict spoke of the Holy Spirit as being the soul of the Church. He said that without the Holy Spirit the Church would have been reduced to a large historical movement, perhaps a humanitarian kind of agency. The church in reality, the Holy Father went on to say, is continually moulded and driven by the Spirit of God. It is a living body, whose vitality is the fruit of the invisible divine Spirit. After inviting everyone to learn fro

REGINA CAELI 2009-05-31

In the Vatican this morning the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus was received in private audience by Benedict XVI . The pope welcomed the President in the Clementine Hall. Following this audience the Vatican Press Office officially announced the Holy Father would go on a pastoral visit to the Czech Republic from the 26 to the 28 September, visiting Prague, Brno and Stara Boleslav.

The economic crisis increases the disparity between the rich and the poor, affects the less fortunate and damages the development of future generations. An enhancement of global generosity is currently needed. This was Benedict XVIs request to a group of new ambassadors to the Holy See.In his speech to the ambassadors of Mongolia, India, Benin, New Zealand, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Namibia and Nigeria, the Pope underlined that a world with more justice and prosperity is a world with more peace. Faced wit

The main priority of the Italian Church is to educate the youth and to present the Gospel by the concrete and credible testimony of the Churchs members. Benedict XVI underlined this message in his speech to the Plenary Assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference.Facing the fascination that relativist and nihilist ways of seeing life cause, the Church proclaims Christian hope and desires the promotion of responsible and mature men and women by means of a global educational project.Benedict XVI also focused

We need to rediscover the human face of the workplace; the riches it creates must be invested for the greater good of all and to help the less fortunate. This was the reflection Pope Benedict XVI offered during his weekly General Audience.The audience held in St. Peters Square was focused on St. Theodore the Studite, one of the great reformers of monastic life and a defender of sacred images who died in 826. St. Theodore, a true beacon for our society dominated by individualism, preached simplicity and sobr

The Church is not only a spiritual reality, but she also lives within human history. Benedict XVI highlighted this during the opening speech of the Diocesan Ecclesial Conference on May 26th in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. The theme of the conference is Ecclesial Membership and Pastoral Responsibility. The conference will be in progress until May 29th.After the Second Vatican Council, which sought a genuine and profound renewal within the continuity of one ecclesial reality, the laity must progr

Phái đoàn Tự do tôn giáo Quốc tế Hoa Kỳ gặp giáo dân Sơn La 19/5/2009 - Phần 2

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