Symposium: 'Humanae Vitae' is About Human Dignity, Spousal Love and the Gift of Self

Father Szymczak explained the fullness of the encyclicals' teaching within the teaching of the Church on Spousal love as the gift of self. "Only through this gift of self does a man develop as a man, and a woman develop as a woman. When a person becomes a gift of self, he or she enriches himself or herself. Additionally, the one who gives himself as a gift to another, matures".
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Profile: Fr. Joseph Tobin, Archbishop-elect and newly Appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Religious

By virtue of this selection, Tobin becomes an archbishop. The date of his Episcopal ordination has not yet been announced, but Cardinal Bertone requested that he begin his work immediately as the post has been vacant for eight months.His appointment comes at a time when the Congregation has moved into the spotlight through the visitation of the Legionaries of Christ, whose founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, and other members were accused of sexual misbehavior and abuse.
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Latin American Symposium Focuses on a Christian Spirituality of Ecology

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