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Tuesday, Sept. 1

ST. GILLES (France, 650-710)
[Giles, Gil, Egidio]
Hermit and Abbot


OR for 8/31-9/1/09:


Photos from the Angelus crowd, and the Mass said by the Holy Father for his Schuelerkreis on Sunday.
At the Sunday Angelus, the Pope underscores importance of families in fostering vocations:
'Even spouses can be saints'
Other Page 1 stories: After half a century, Japan votes a new party into power in sweeping defeat for the Liberal Democratic Party; in Germany, Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats lose in two state elections, two weeks before nationwide parliamentary elections; UN-sponsored climate conference opens in Geneva; and evangelical scholars endorse Caritas in veritate [only now the OR is reporting this!].



No events scheduled for the Holy Father today.



THE HOLY FATHER'S PRAYER INTENTIONS
FOR SEPTEMBER 2009
General intention:
That the word of God may be better known, welcomed and lived
as the source of freedom and joy.

Mission intention:
That Christians in Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, who often meet with great difficulties, may not be discourage from announcing the Gospel to their brothers, trusting in the strength of the Holy Spirit.



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