Articles on this issue "hope"

"Spe Salvi" Ready for iPods

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Benedict XVI's encyclical on hope is now available in audio file. With the collaboration of Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the audiovisual agency h2onews.org has launched an audio recording of …

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Cardinal on 3 Hopes for Youth

Community, Dialogue, Search for Spirituality

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Here is the address Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the archbishop of Westminster, delivered June 4 at the opening of the Big Hope Conference at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool. …

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Father Schall on "Spe Salvi" (Part II)

Says Pope a Universal Voice for the World

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The greatest embarrassment to the world today is that the most intelligent voice it confronts is coming from the papacy, says Father James Schall. The Jesuit professor of political philosophy …

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Father James Schall on "Spe Salvi" (Part I)

Jesuit Scholar Points to Pope's Insights Into True Hope

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Even though the modern world talks of the hope in terms of progress and social justice, these concepts are "inhuman" aberrations of the true meaning of the theological virtue, says Father …

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Papal Address to Rome's University Students

"Is Not the Theme of Hope Particularly Suited to Young People?"

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Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's Dec. 13 address to university students of Rome. * * * MEETING OF THE HOLY FATHER WITH THE ROME'S UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS …

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This Is How the Birth of Jesus Christ Came About

Gospel Commentary for 4th Sunday of Advent

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There is something that the three readings have in common this Sunday: In each one a birth is spoken of: "Behold the Virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son and he shall be called …

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Pope to Youth: "Spe Salvi" Is for You

Encourages Reflection on Hope in the Modern Age

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Benedict XVI is encouraging university students to have group reflections on the theme of hope in the modern world, using his encyclical "Spe Salvi." The Pope spiritually entrusted his second …

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Young People Losing Hope, Says Pope

Notes They Are Deprived of True Love

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Young people, deprived of the true love that gives meaning to life, are at risk of losing hope, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this in his address before reciting the Angelus on the …

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"Spe Salvi"

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Father [Juan Pablo] Ledesma [] Hope, an Encounter With Love] manages to summarize well the salient points of this wonderful encyclical. I would like to add that as expected, the Holy Father …

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Hope, an Encounter With Love

Father Ledesma, Theology Dean, Comments on "Spe Salvi"

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Here is a commentary on Benedict XVI's encyclical "Spe Salvi" by Legionary of Christ Father Juan Pablo Ledesma, dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university. * * * The two wings with …

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Benedict XVI Sums Up "Spe Salvi"

Says God Is Hope of the World

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The world needs God, otherwise it remains without hope, said Benedict XVI when he summarized the central message of his encyclical "Spe Salvi." The Pope said this today before reciting the …

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Encyclical Seen as Tackling Urgent Need

Papal Aide Comments on "Spe Salvi"

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Benedict XVI's encyclical on the theological virtue of hope confronts one of the most urgent problems of our time, says a Vatican spokesman. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the director of …

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On Hope

"The World Needs God -- the True God"

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Here is a Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square. * * * Dear Brothers …

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Prayer Seen as School of Hope

Pope Offers Practical Ways to Attain Virtue

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Through prayer, we can attain the virtue of hope, and become witnesses of the theological virtue for others, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this in his encyclical "Spe Salvi" (Saved in …

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Only God Is Man's True Hope, Says Pontiff

Notes That Universe Is Ruled by a Person

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Man's true hope, firm in the face of all disappointments, can only be God, and that it is him, and not the laws of matter that rule the universe, says Benedict XVI. The Pope said this in his …

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