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Francis' Address to New Ambassadors

"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) | 944 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; Jean-Paul Senninger from Luxembourg; and Lameck Nthekela from Botswana. * * * Your Excellencies, I am pleased to receive you f...

Articles from "Various Documents"

Father Cantalamessa's 2nd Advent Sermon

"The Second Vatican Council: 50 Years Later - a Key to Its Interpretation"

December 14, 2012 | 2418 hits

Here is a translation of the Advent sermon given today in the presence of Benedict XVI and members of the curia by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the pontifical household. …

"Ecclesia in America is the Blueprint for the New Evangelization"

December 11, 2012 | 1233 hits

Here is the text of the address given by Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, at the International Congress "Ecclesia in America". * * * A Question of Paths On December …

"A Year of the Lord's Favor"

December 07, 2012 | 2914 hits

Here is a translation of the first Advent sermon delivered today by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the pontifical household. * * * The Year of Faith and the Catechism of …

"The Transcendent Value of Human Dignity[...]Offers the State of Law a Foundation of Secure Stability"

November 06, 2012 | 492 hits

Here is a translation of the address given yesterday by H.E. monsignor Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States of the Vatican State Secretariat, at the 81stSession of INTERPOL’ …

"We Need the Holy Spirit to Place a Desire for Evangelization Inside the Hearts of the Youth of the World"

October 25, 2012 | 990 hits

Students of the Emmanuel School of Mission presented the following letter to Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, with the request that he extend it to …

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