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A fond send-off for a veteran papal traveller
Posted on Sep 20, 2008 02:56am CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
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For the Vatican press corps, Pope Benedict XVI’s Sept. 12-15 trip to France was an historic occasion, entirely apart from anything the pope said or did. As it happened, the four-day voyage marked the final papal trip for the legendary Italian vaticanista Luigi Accattoli of Corriere della Sera, Italy’s daily paper of record.
It was the 95th and last papal trip for Accattoli, who has been with Corriere since 1981. He turns 65 in December, and under that paper's fairly rigid policies, he’s obligated to retire.
An Astounding Validation of Catholic Teachings
Submitted by brcoll on September 20, 2008 - 1:20pm. --- Ethical Debates"Greed says: 'I snatch all things to myself. I hug all things to my breast; the more I have gathered the more I have … When I have whatever I need, I have no worries about needing anything from someone else.' Simple sufficiency replies: 'You are harsh and devoid of mercy because you do not care for the advancement of others. Nothing is sufficient to satisfy you. I, however, sit above the stars, for all of God's good things are sufficient for me … Why should I desire more than I need?'" - Hildegard of Bingen.
