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By Armand Sol

 

 

BISHOP PLEADS FOR RETURN TO BASICS O F FAITH

 

LONDON - An increasing number of Catholics have fallen away from Sunday Mass and regular Confession, says Shrewsbury's Bishop Brian Noble.

 

In a pastoral letter to be read throughout the diocese this weekend, Bishop Noble calls for every parish to reflect on the Gospel message.

 

Bishop Noble says there can be no substitute for attending Mass every Sunday. "It is here that we express our identity as the Church, the Body of Christ," he writes. "It is here that we can meet Christ in the Scriptures and in the breaking of bread; and here that our commitment can be renewed and strengthened."

 

- Catholic News Service

ITALIAN PRELATE ON EASING PAIN OF DYING

 

VATICAN CITY - While Italian legislators debate a new legislative effort to regulate end-of-life medical care,  Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of  Genoa has issued an emphatic reminder that the Church does not oppose the use of  pain-relieving drugs for patients suffering terminal illnesses.

Cardinal Tettamanzi made his comments during a public discussion with Flores D'Arcais, a philosophy professor; their remarks were published in the magazine MicroMega.

The cardinal argued that euthanasia is always immoral, and that doctors should focus their attention on relieving the suffering of patients. He cautioned, however, the drugs must be used to ease pain, not deliberately to end the patient's life. 

- Catholic News Service

RECOMMENDED CATHOLIC WEBSITES

DIDACHE ONLINE - http://www.didache.faithweb.com

DIDACHE (dee-da-ke), the Greek word for teaching is a quarterly Catholic Daily Bible Reflection Guide. It wishes to encourage the use of Sacred Scriptures among Catholics. It also wishes to reach the entire Christian people.

 

Scripture texts in this work are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New Testament © 1986 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.

 

ZENIT NEWS AGENCY - http://www.zenit.org

 

ZENIT is an International News Agency based in Rome. Their mission is to provide objective and professional coverage of events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church for a worldwide audience, especially the media.

 

ZENIT’s articles are already being reproduced in hundreds of publications throughout the world, as well as numerous radio and TV stations who use their daily and weekly news on a regular basis.