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UK ambassador hopes visit will set trend for engaging Vatican
Vatican City, 15th February 2012 (CNA/EWTN
News) - The United Kingdom's Ambassador to the Holy See believes the
two-day visit of government ministers to Rome Feb. 14-15 will set a new
trend in how foreign countries should diplomatically engage the Vatican.
“Very few countries seize the opportunity that we have spotted, as far as
the Holy See is concerned, of working with their network across all these
issues that we are interesting and they are interested in,” Ambassador Nigel
Baker told CNA Feb. 15.
Church will prevent abuse through priestly formation
Bogotá, Colombia, 15th February 2012 (CNA)
- The bishops of Colombia said that the Church will prevent and confront
sexual abuse through the formation of seminarians and by encouraging parents
of victims to report their cases to civil authorities. “The Church is aware
that she must be in permanent process of renewal that includes purification
and analysis what is going wrong in order to rectify it,” Archbishop Ruben
Salazar, head of the Colombian bishops' conference, told newspaper El Tiempo
on Feb. 11.
Jesus’ prayers on cross should inspire forgiveness
Vatican City, 15th 2012 (CNA/EWTN
News) - The final words of Jesus Christ as he died on the cross should
prompt Christians to pray for those who have hurt them, Pope Benedict XVI
said on Feb. 15. “Jesus by asking the Father to forgive those who are crucifying him,
invites us to the difficult act of praying for those who do us wrong, who
have damaged us, knowing always how to forgive,” the Pope told over 6,000
pilgrims attending today’s general audience in Paul VI Hall.
Vatican Secret Archives to share 100 wonders
Vatican, 14th February 2012 (H2O News)
- From deep within the Vatican's secret archives, selected documents and
materials have been chosen for a one-time public display. They are being
brought to light for an exhibition in Rome. Msgr. Sergio Pagano Prefect of
the Vatican Secret Archives The exhibition, which will be inaugurated in
February of 2012, will be simply titled "Lux in Arcana."
Jesus cured leper to show man’s salvation
Vatican City, 12th February 2012 (CNA/EWTN
News) - Jesus Christ’s healing of the leper in the Gospel of Mark
encapsulates the whole history of salvation, said Pope Benedict XVI in his
Sunday Angelus address Feb 12. When Jesus met the leper, he came into contact with a form of illness
“considered at that time the most serious, enough to render a person
‘impure’ and to exclude it from the society,” the Pope explained to pilgrims
in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope applauds 'Jesus Our Contemporary' conference in Rome
Vatican City, 10th February 2012 (CNA/EWTN
News) - Pope Benedict praised the launch of a three-day conference in
Rome that seeks to explain to modern society why Jesus Christ is more than a
historical figure. “I am glad and grateful for your choice to dedicate to the person of
Jesus, several days of interdisciplinary study and cultural offerings,
destined to resonate within the Church community and throughout Italian
society,” said Pope Benedict XVI in a message to Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco,
President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Feb. 9.
Jesus' prayer on cross shows God hears prayers
Vatican City, 8th February 2012 (CNA/EWTN
News) - The cry of Christ on the cross should remind everyone that God
always hears their prayers, even when he seems distant, Pope Benedict XVI
said Feb. 8. “Let us bring to God our daily crosses, in the certainty that he is
present and listens to us,” he said at the Wednesday general audience, held
with several thousand people in Paul VI Hall.
