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Cardinal Bertone's Homily at Ordination of Friar José Rodríguez Carballo

Franciscan Named Secretary of Vatican Congregation on Religious

Rome, May 23, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 126 hits

Eight cardinals (Bertone, Hummes, Maradiaga, Bráz de Avis, Monteiro, Bertello, Amigo and Cañizares), 10 archbishops (among them four nuncios) and 15 bishops of Spain and other countries, were present at the May 18 episcopal ordination of Friar José Rodríguez Carballo in Spain. Friar Rodríguez Carballo was appoint...

Articles from "Cardinals' Documents"

Cardinal Dolan's Address at Notre Dame Commencement

Might I propose to you, my new classmates, class of 2013, that Mary is not just our patroness, but our model.

New York, May 20, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1859 hits

Here is the address given Sunday by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the US bishops' conference, at the University of Notre Dame commencement. * * * Thank you, …

"In modern democratic countries there are also very subtle methods for impinging on religious liberty"

Rome, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 2440 hits

Here is the text of the address delivered on behalf of Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi to the TED conference held today in the Vatican. * * * ADDRESS OF HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL GIANFRANCO RAVASI, …

Washington, D.C., April 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1502 hits

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following statement after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, April 15. * * * The tragic …

Boston, April 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1560 hits

Here is the statement by Cardinal Sean O'Malley on yesterday's tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon that took the lives of 3 people and injured hundreds. * * * The Archdiocese of Boston …

"It is we who must thank you for the example you have given us in the past eight years of your Pontificate"

Vatican City, February 28, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 3431 hits

At 11:00 am this morning in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father met with the Cardinals present in Rome, for his farewell address. Here is a translation of the …

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