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Gudrun Kugler on Discrimination Against Christians

Keynote at OSCE High Level Conference

Rome, May 22, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 467 hits

Keynote at OSCE High Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Tirana, Albania Keynote Address by Dr Gudrun Kugler on behalf of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Session 2 on May 21. * * * This year, we celebrate 1700 years of the Edict of Milan granting Freedom...

Articles from "Various Documents"

Pope's Q-and-A With Movements

"Don't forget: never a closed Church, but a Church that goes out"

Vatican City, May 21, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 875 hits

Here is a translation of the question-and-answer session with Francis held Saturday evening, the vigil of Pentecost, with ecclesial movements and communities. After the greeting of the …

"There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone"

Vatican City, May 16, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1491 hits

Here is a Vatican translation of the address Francis gave today tofour new ambassadors to the Holy See: Bolot Iskovich Otunbaev from Kyrgyzstan; David Shoul from Antigua and Barbuda; …

"Fill his heart with the tenderness of God, which you felt like no one else"

Rome, May 14, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 1849 hits

Here is a translation of the prayer by which Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima the pontificate of Pope Francis. Monday was the …

"How can it be argued that it is for the public good to legislate for the direct and intentional taking of human life?"

Armagh, Northern Ireland, May 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 956 hits

Here is Archbishop Eamon Martin's address from Thursday at the closing of a novena in the parish of Saint Patrick, Roden Place, Dundalk, in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The archbishop was …

"What would the Church be without you? She would lack maternity, affection, tenderness!"

Vatican City, May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) | 3261 hits

Here is a translation of Francis' address today to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) * * * Lord Cardinal, Venerable and Dear Brother in the Episcopate, Dear Sisters! I am …

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