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VATICAN CITY, JULY 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is the letter Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, sent July 5 to the bishops and priests of mainland China.
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NEW DELHI, India, JULY 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Almost 100 years ago, on Aug. 26, 1910, a baby girl named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born. The little girl would grow up to be hailed as one of the most influential women of the 20th century: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
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ROME, JULY 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The founder of a children's protection organization laments that pedophilia only makes the news when it is linked to priests, which misses the point that it is a worldwide problem.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a question on bioethics asked by a ZENIT reader and answered by the fellows of the Culture of Life Foundation.
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VATICAN CITY, JULY 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Lord Chris Patten, named by the British Prime Minister to be in charge of Benedict XVI's trip to the United Kingdom, said that the visit will be "an incredible success."
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VATICAN CITY, JULY 28, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appears to be relaxed and enjoying his days of vacation at the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, says the local bishop.
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BIRMINGHAM, England, JULY 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The deacon who was miraculously healed thanks to the intercession of Cardinal John Henry Newman will serve at the papal Mass when the cardinal is beatified
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ROME, JULY 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Nothing can compare to a visit to Rome to admire the Sistine Chapel in person, or feel the "embrace" of the colonnade surrounding St. Peter's Square.
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| THE TWO CALVARIES |
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| Written by Aristotle Brecino | |
| Monday, 13 April 2009 | |
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Calvary is attractively relevant today The shadow of the Cross looms ever more persistently midst the neon lights of our cities.... The city of man cannot quite dissociates itself with the Christ of Calvary. The city of man in the new site of calvary-of many calvaries-of two calvaries: the Calvary without Christ and The Calvary with Christ Shafts of Light Fr. Guido Arguelles SJ Calvary is attractively relevant today The shadow of the Cross looms ever more persistently midst the neon lights of our cities.... The city of man cannot quite dissociates itself with the Christ of Calvary. The city of man in the new site of calvary-of many calvaries-of two calvaries: the Calvary without Christ and The Calvary with Christ THE CALVARY WITHOUT CHRIST -the calvary of pleasure that produces nausea -the calvary of materialism that produces emptiness -the calvary of sex that satiates without satisfying -the calvary of noise and sounds that creates hollowness in the heart -the calvary of the neutro bomb that is supposed to hold off war but threatens the lives of all -the calvary of progress that is progress only for those who benefit from it not those unjustly exploited -the calvary of the crowd that only punctuates -the loneliness of each person -the calvary of action that does not spring from prayer -the calvary of prayer that falls short of action -the calvary of hard drinks that leaves the soul dry To all these calvaries Christ offers his own: THE CALVARY WITH CHRIST -the calvary of asceticism that makes man inwardly free -the calvary of life in the spirit that produces a longing to be with him -the calvary of purity that enables one to live in love -the calvary of weakness that serves as the basis for community -the calvary of non-violence that wears down its foes -the calvary of insight that one must bear in loneliness -the calvary of solitude that results in an all encompassing community -the calvary of prayer that becomes a divine restlessness to do something for Christ -the calvary of action that creates a hunger for prayer -the calvary of parents' love that is unrequited by the children -the calvary of the prophet's voice unheard in the wilderness of sin and greed Thus Calvary is not a choice between having it or not having it. It is rather a choice of crucifixion without Christ or crucifixion with Christ. But crucifixion there will be. There is a calvary for those who accept the cross. There is an even greater calvary for those who reject it . By all means-be crucified but with Christ-and thus be crucified unto salvation or insist on being crucified without Christ and thus be crucified unto damnation. The world-Popes and Bishops, Presidents and Kings, husbands and wives, children and parents, capitalists and laborers, communists and socialists, black and white, easterner or Westener- all of us are thus faced with a question that is also an answer: WILL YOU CHOOSE TO BE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST OR WITHOUT CHRIST?             |
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