Articles on this issue "charity"
Benedict XVI expressed gratitude for the generosity of the faithful for supporting the Pope's Charity Day. The Pontiff said this today after praying the Angelus with the crowds gathered in St. …
read moreSupporting the Pope's Charity Day is a way to foster ecclesial solidarity, according to the director of worldwide collection, known as Peter's Pence. Monsignor Tullio Poli told ZENIT that …
read moreA Caritas employee was shot and killed on his way home from work at a West Darfur refugee camp on Sunday. The Caritas/Action by Churches Together employee, Adam Adam, worked in a camp for …
read moreBenedict XVI praised the work of the Populorum Progressio Foundation, calling it a model for any aid organization. The Pope addressed foundation representatives today, who were in Rome for …
read moreThe 18th General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis concluded with the delegates pledging to continue as witnesses of charity and builders of peace. After their weeklong meeting, Benedict XVI …
read moreBenedict XVI recently named Jean-Luc Moens to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican dicastery that oversees the Church's charitable activities. Moens has served as president of FIDESCO, …
read moreHere is Benedict XVI's Saturday address to representatives of Caritas Internationalis, who were having their general assembly in the Vatican. * * * Dear Friends, It is a special joy for me to …
read moreThe Church's work of charity, both for individuals and for organizations, must always find its reference point in Christ, "the source of charity," Benedict XVI says. The Pope said this today …
read moreHonduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga has been elected president of Caritas Internationalis. Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, was elected by the confederation …
read moreMore than 300 Caritas Internationalis members sent a message to the Group of Eight leaders, in the form of a banner raised in St. Peter's Square. Some 25 bishops and archbishops, 50 priests …
read moreThe president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace opened the plenary session of Caritas Internationalis, telling them there is no justice without charity and no charity without …
read moreBenedict XVI named 12 people to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the dicastery which oversees the Church's charitable activities around the world. The new members include: -- Archbishop Joseph …
read moreSt. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi is a symbolic figure of living love that recalls an essential dimension of every Christian life, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this in a letter to the Cardinal …
read moreHere is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's April 22 homily at the basilica which houses St. Augustine's tomb. * * * PASTORAL VISIT TO VIGEVANO AND PAVIA (ITALY) CELEBRATION OF VESPERS …
read moreHere is the text of an address from Dominican Father Augustine De Noia, the undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The address was given April 27 as part of the …
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