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A season of Mary

Friday, 07 December 2012 00:00

Advent is always a season of Mary.

On Dec. 8, we celebrate the holy day of her Immaculate Conception and then, four days later, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
As many of you know, the apparitions of Our Lady to St. Juan Diego actually began on Dec. 9, 1531. In those days, that was the day when the Spanish Church celebrated the Immaculate Conception.

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Advent in the Year of Faith

Friday, 30 November 2012 00:00

This Sunday we begin a special Advent — Advent in the Year of Faith.

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To pray for priests and promote vocations

Friday, 16 November 2012 00:00

I am writing you this week from Baltimore, where I am gathered with my brother bishops for the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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To grow in our knowledge of Jesus

Friday, 09 November 2012 00:00

We should make this Year of Faith a time of spiritual growth and renewal.

Our life of faith needs to be renewed all the time because it is a relationship.

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Five priorities for the Year of Faith

Friday, 02 November 2012 00:00

The Synod of Bishops is over and I am happy to be home again!

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A synod of saints, a year for saints

Friday, 26 October 2012 00:00

I write to you again this week from Rome, where the Synod of Bishops for the new evangelization has become a “synod of saints.”

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A report from the Synod

Friday, 19 October 2012 00:00

I write you this week from Rome — one week into the month-long Synod of Bishops called by Pope Benedict XVI to consider the Church’s mission in these times of growing secularism and indifference to religion.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.