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Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. William of York.
Pope Wants Respect for the Rights of Children
Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI has called for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was ratified 20 years ago. In a message that was read out to UN officials in Geneva by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the permanent observer for the Holy See, the Pontiff urged "respecting the inviolable dignity and rights of children." To do so, he said, would imply also "recognizing the fundamental educational mission of the family."
Cultural War in Spain
Spain
The Spanish government is studying the idea of suppressing religious symbols in military barracks, hospitals, jails and public schools, as well as during State funerals or inauguration ceremonies for public officials. This was reported by Publico, a newspaper closely allied with Spain's ruling Socialist party. The newspaper reported that Minister of Justice Francisco Caamano referenced the proposal in comments about “creating religiously neutral public spaces.” The proposal is expected to be rolled out before the end of the year.
Bishop: Muslims Should Not Lose Their Faith
Germany
Last Week at an event in the Catholic Academy in Berlin, the representative of the German Bishops' Conference on Interreligious Dialogue, the Hamburg auxiliary bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke, described it as very important that Europe's Muslims" do not lose their faith ".
Trinity is Impressed on Everything
Vatican
In yesterday’s Angelus Pope Benedict XVI reiterated on the Feast of the Holy Trinity that “God is love and love alone, pure, infinite and eternal”. We instinctively know this by looking at the planets, the stars, the galaxies, and by observing cells, atoms and elementary particles. “The ‘name’ of the Sacred Trinity is impressed on everything that exists – the Pope said: because everything comes from love, reaches out for love and is moved by the spirit of love”.
A great Columbian philosopher Nicolas Gomez Davila said: “In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.”
Pope Wants Respect for the Rights of Children
Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI has called for the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was ratified 20 years ago. In a message that was read out to UN officials in Geneva by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the permanent observer for the Holy See, the Pontiff urged "respecting the inviolable dignity and rights of children." To do so, he said, would imply also "recognizing the fundamental educational mission of the family."
Cultural War in Spain
Spain
The Spanish government is studying the idea of suppressing religious symbols in military barracks, hospitals, jails and public schools, as well as during State funerals or inauguration ceremonies for public officials. This was reported by Publico, a newspaper closely allied with Spain's ruling Socialist party. The newspaper reported that Minister of Justice Francisco Caamano referenced the proposal in comments about “creating religiously neutral public spaces.” The proposal is expected to be rolled out before the end of the year.
Bishop: Muslims Should Not Lose Their Faith
Germany
Last Week at an event in the Catholic Academy in Berlin, the representative of the German Bishops' Conference on Interreligious Dialogue, the Hamburg auxiliary bishop Hans-Jochen Jaschke, described it as very important that Europe's Muslims" do not lose their faith ".
Trinity is Impressed on Everything
Vatican
In yesterday’s Angelus Pope Benedict XVI reiterated on the Feast of the Holy Trinity that “God is love and love alone, pure, infinite and eternal”. We instinctively know this by looking at the planets, the stars, the galaxies, and by observing cells, atoms and elementary particles. “The ‘name’ of the Sacred Trinity is impressed on everything that exists – the Pope said: because everything comes from love, reaches out for love and is moved by the spirit of love”.
A great Columbian philosopher Nicolas Gomez Davila said: “In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.”