Category: Church
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swiss guards have a website
The Swiss Guards, the police force that provide for the security of the Vatican and the Pope, have a very informative website. The Swiss Guard, inside Church circles at least, are most famous for the protection of Pope Clement VII on May 6, 1527. Of the 189 Swiss Guards, only 42 survived that day. The…
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papal secretary tells all!
The late Pope John Paul II’s personal secretary for over 40 years, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, now a Polish Archbishop, is preparing to release a book next year detailing his life next to one of the most impactful people of the 20th century. The book, to be released next year in Italian, includes a chapter on…
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the paulist mission: restated
The Paulist Fathers, the religious order that stewards the University Catholic Center, has recently restated their mission. Previously, they stated their mission in a long “Mission Directive Statement”. The MDS, while fully inclusive, required someone to have some idea of what words like “evangelization” and “reconciliation” meant in their context. While good, it wasn’t something…
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god and violence
I’m not here to voice support for Pope Benedict XVI’s statements in Germany that has caused the uproar in the Muslim community. Nor am I here to dictate to the Pontiff that he should apologize or do anything else. The point of his speech was to focus on God and violence as being incompatible. Violence…
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pope’s parents met through single ad
According to the Catholic News Agency, Pope Benedict XVI’s parents met through a singles ad in a Catholic publication. Perhaps, more interesting, he didn’t know it himself until recently discovered. London, Sep. 11, 2006 (CNA) – Pope Benedict XVI and his brother, Fr. Georg Ratzinger, 82, were surprised to learn this week that their parents,…
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the powerless invitation
The deacon is one who waits. He is never in charge. He is the servant of others–of God, of his bishops, of the congregation. He is a voice: it is his task to read the Lord’s Gospel, not his own….He is a servant: it is his task to wait at the Lord’s table….It is others…