Pope calls for end to ‘useless slaughter’ of war

By Catholic News Service
LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the “useless slaughter” of war and asked that “the rule of law” replace the recourse to weapons.
When people succumb “to the temptations of evil” and launch violent conflicts and wars, “this stupendous garden that is the world” is [...]

Today (07.24.07)

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King Retreat Center, San Angelo
Today’s Readings
Exodus 14:21 — 15:1
Exodus 15:8-10, 12, 17
Matthew 12:46-50
Today’s Catholic News Service Headlines
U.S.
Sponsorship talks end between Boston Archdiocese, Ascension Health
BOSTON (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Boston and Ascension Health, a national Catholic health care system, have ended discussions about a change in sponsorship of [...]