July 5
St. Antonio Maria Zaccaria (Italy, 1502-1539)
Founder of 3 Barnabite orders (priests, nuns, laymen)
dedicated to St. Paul
OR today.
The Pope calls on participants in the coming G8 summit
to honor commitments to eliminate extreme poverty by 2015:
'Listen more to Africa and the less developed nations'
The main story is the Holy Father's letter to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [translation posted on this page yesterday],
host of the G8 summit next week; and speaking to bishops responsible for ministering to vocations in Europe's bishops' conferences
(right photo), he asks them to be 'sowers of trust and hope'. Other Page 1 stories: New prospects for US-Russia progress in
disarmament talks; a Hamas plot to assassinate Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen); and North Korea continues
to defy UN resolutions.
THE POPE'S DAY
Angelus today - The Holy Father offered a reflection on the Most Precious Blood of Christ
as the ultimate sacrifice and decried the continuing bloodshed caused by hatred in the world. In his
messages after the prayers, he offered his prayers for the victims of the train accident in Viareggio,
Italy, last week, as well as a terror bombing during Mass today in a cathedral in southern Philippines.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 05/07/2009 15:03]