Thursday, Oct. 8
ST. GIOVANNI LEONARDI (Italy, 1541-1608)
Confessor, Founder of the Clerks-Regular of the Mother of God
He was the subject of the Pope's GA catechesis yesterday.
OR today.
At the General Audience, Benedict XVI talks about St. Giovanni Leonardi:
Faithfulness to Christ is the measure of every spiritual and social reform
Other Page 1 stories: At the Synodal assembly on Africa, bishops denounce exploitation and corruption on the continent;
UNICEF says a survey conducted in 37 countries in 2007 shows more than a billion children live in countries with ongoing
armed conflicts, of which 300 million are under age 5; and that 86% of children in these countries also suffer other
violations from corporal punishment to psychological problems.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- H.E. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority and the Palestinian Liberation
Organization, with his delegation.
This evening, the Holy Father will attend a concert organized by Youth Against War with an inter-regional
youth orchestra from Germany performing Mahler and Mendelssohn at the Auditorium on Via della Conciliazione
to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.
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