Daily Archives: March 2, 2012

THE CHURCH MUST COMBAT LIES AND DECEIT, IN HERSELF AND IN THE WORLD/THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH: MASTERS OF FAITH

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Gertrude

THE CHURCH MUST COMBAT LIES AND DECEIT, IN HERSELF AND IN THE WORLD Vatican City, 2 March 2012 (VIS) – This year’s meditations during the Lenten spiritual retreat of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia are being guided by … Continue reading →

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Lenten reading: St John Vianney on the Sanctification of Sunday

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

CHAPTER 7: Catechism on the Sanctification of Sunday You labor, you labor, my children; but what you earn ruins your body and your soul. If one ask those who work on Sunday, “What have you been doing?” they might answer, … Continue reading →

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The first woman employed by the Vatican

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

In a brilliant and well-researched article in the Italian daily, Il Foglio, of 16 April 2011, Paolo Rodari recalled the figure of Hermine Speier. Born in 1898, the Jewish-German archaeologist came to Rome in 1928, and Pope Pius xi brought her … Continue reading →

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