Family: Work and Rest The NEED to BALANCE WORK and REST in FAMILY LIFE 7th World Meeting of Families‚ May 30 – June 2‚ 2012 in Milan‚ Italy Pope Benedict XVI called for a healthier balance between work and rest. The natural rhythms of work and recreation are essential to family life A proper understanding of rest and recreation would help to restore family life In our time‚ unfortunately‚ WORK – excessive competitiveness motivated by the quest for success and the view to
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challenged to be more cognizant of and participative on this paradigm shift in the Church‚ which is totally tangible after the Second Vatican Council. Basic Ecclesial Community Globally It was in the late 50’s when the Church through the leadership of Pope Pius XII was bothered by the subsisting pastoral context in Latin America. The Church was faced by a throng exodus of Catholics to Protestantism and socialist-inspired trade unionism. What was the response of the Church? The Church created a pastoral
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Introduction: The Second Vatican Council was the twenty-first ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council was held in St Peter’s Basilica and created by Pope John XXIII on the 11th October 1962. Pope John created the council in the hopes of revitalising the Catholic Church and its role in the modern world. The creation of the council is regarded as one of the most if not the most influential events in the Catholic Church of the 20th century due to the historical context of the time‚ the
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peace in the world‚ Pope Benedict XVI said. Peace and justice are built on "a profound respect for every human being and helping others to live a life consonant with this supreme dignity‚" the pope said in his message for the World Day of Peace 2012. The Catholic Church celebrates World Peace Day Jan. 1. The pope’s message for the occasion was released Dec. 16 at the Vatican and sent‚ through Vatican ambassadors‚ to the leaders of nations around the world. The theme the pope chose for the 2012
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Porta Fidei: The Spiritually of the Year of Faith This article is all about the one of the greatest last acts of the pontificate pope Elneritus XIV. It is the declaration of the year of Faith. This was declared on the 11th of October last 2012. A year of faith is the can for us people to re-examine our faith and its importance in our everyday challenges in life. To usher this year of faith‚ Benedict XVI published an Apostolic letter titled Porta Fidei (Door of Faith). The motivation
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of mischieves in connection to the morden world. Gaudium et Spes is the longest of the Vatican document and in the history of the magisterium. Major complains given to it are the critics some which were given by Joseph Ratzinger‚ who later became Pope Benedict XVI. Before and after the publication of the document Rartinger was critical about the kind of imminentism and a reduction of the supernatural to the natural‚ he accused the document for giving a reading of the kingdom of God in social and
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John Paul II showed me what real leadership looks like. He modeled for me how to pursue our God-given potential. Not coincidentally‚ this also makes us and those around us better employees‚ more capable of and more willing to work hard at building a stronger company. That s something that makes both good human sense and good business sense. - Andreas Widmer Former Swiss Guard‚ CEO and business leader Andreas Widmer gives a behind-the-scenes look into Pope John Paul II‚ the most authentically human
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four days of being shot‚ Karol Wojtyla‚ more commonly known as Saint Pope John Paul the Great forgave the man from his hospital bed and later went and visited Agca and personally forgave the man that shot him. Millions of people were shocked by the Holy Father’s choice to visit the man that wished him dead‚ but in doing so‚ the Pope wordlessly showed his followers what it means to love and forgive others. At the time Pope John Paul II was the spiritual leader of almost 60 million Roman Catholics. He
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a prince does not have to keep his word all the time. The prince can pledge one thing under certain circumstances; but if those circumstances change‚ he is free to change his pledge if the change should benefit his situation. For instance‚ Pope Alexander VI‚ who reigned before Machiavelli wrote The Prince‚ "made promises more persuasively or swore to
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commissioned by the Cardinal Caraffa to rebuild the cloister of the Convent della Pace. The Cardinal then introduced Bramante to Pope Alexander VI. Bramante then executed for the Pope the Palace of the Cancelleria or Chancery. (www.nndb.com). Bramante was one of the most important architects of the papal court. This comes from the work he done for Pope Alexander VI and under Pope Julius II‚ Bramante undertook the redesign
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