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Address Of His Holiness Benedict Xvi To The Members Of The Roman Curia At The Traditional Exchange Of Christmas Greetings

10/10/2013 14:38
Clementine Hall Friday, 22 December 2006     Your Eminences,  Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Presbyterate,  Dear Brethren, I meet you today with great joy and address my cordial greeting to each one of you. I thank you for being present at this traditional...

Address of his Holiness Benedict xvi to the participants in the International convention on the theme "woman and man, the humanum in its entirety"

10/10/2013 14:07
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE THEME  "WOMAN AND MAN, THE HUMANUM IN ITS ENTIRETY" Clementine Hall Saturday, 9 February 2008   Dear Brothers and Sisters, It is a true pleasure to welcome and greet all of...

CONCERNING SOME OBJECTIONS TO THE CHURCH'S TEACHING ON THE RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION BY DIVORCED AND REMARRIED MEMBERS OF THE FAITHFUL

10/10/2013 10:17
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH  [1] Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger   The Letter of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of 14 September 1994 concerning the reception of Holy Communion by divorced and remarried members of the faithful was met with...

Encounter with the Youth of Rome in Preparation for the 21st World Youth Day (April 6, 2006)

08/10/2013 16:24
Saint Peter's Square Thursday, 6 April 2006     1. Your Holiness, I am Simone from St Bartholomew's Parish. I am 21 years old and am studying chemical engineering at "La Sapienza University" of Rome. First of all, thank you for addressing to us the Message for the 21st World Youth...

Address Of His Holiness Benedict Xvi To The Participants In The International Congress On Natural Moral Law, February 12.2007

08/10/2013 10:50
In today's ethics and philosophy of Law, petitions of juridical positivism are widespread. As a result, legislation often becomes only a compromise between different interests:  seeking to transform private interests or wishes into law that conflict with the duties deriving from social...

LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS, CDF, 1986

19/09/2013 11:12
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH  ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS   1. The issue of homosexuality and the moral evaluation of homosexual acts have increasingly become a matter of public...

On the Question of the Indissolubility of Marriage, 1972

19/09/2013 10:02
Joseph Ratzinger On the Question of the Indissolubility of Marriage Remarks on the dogmatic-historical state of affairs and its significance for the present Originally published in German: "Zur Frage nach der Unauflöslichkeit der Ehe: Bemerkungen zum dogmengeschichtlichen Befund und zu...

Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today, 1991

14/09/2013 20:01
"...the Church is the Body of Christ in the way in which the woman is one body, or rather one flesh, with the man.  Put in other terms, the Church is the Body, not by virtue of an identity without distinction, but rather by means of the pneumatic-real act of spousal love.  Expressed in...

Behold The Pierced One

14/09/2013 18:16
"Christ communicates himself to us in the Holy Spirit; and it is the Holy Spirit who makes the clay into a living Body, i.e., fuses isolated men into the one organism of the love of Jesus Christ. It is also the Holy Spirit who imparts new meaning to Adam’s becoming “one flesh” with Eve, applying it...

Dogma and Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life, 1973

14/09/2013 10:50
Dogma and Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life p. 326-327.  We must ask ourselves: What is the real reason why Christ decided to be born of a virgin? It would have been quite possible for him to be born of a normal marriage; that would not have detractred from his Divind...
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