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Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Lebanese and Nigerian clergymen to a Vatican department aimed at countering growing secularisation in a sign of attention to two problematic regions for the Catholic Church.
The Vatican said the Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites, Paul Youssef Matar, and the Archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria, Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, would be joining the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization.
Despite the raging conflict in Syria, which has also raised tensions within Lebanon, the pope is expected to visit Beirut on September 14-16 with a message calling for peaceful coexistence between religions in the region. [more]
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Recovering — newsflash for you: you are espousing New Age doctrine, not Catholic doctrine. As the Church clearly teaches, NO ONE (and that certainly includes me) can “evolve into a spiritual being worthy of being in the presence of God.” The only way we can be saved is by the saving power of Jesus’ death on the cross. It is the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us — we do not sanctify ourselves, because we can’t. What God needs from us is our will — we must tell Him we will be obedient to Him and follow Him regardless of what we personally prefer. We must give everything up, including our false notions of what is good and bad. We must be obedient to ALL of His teachings, as mediated to us through the inerrant Masisterium of the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church.