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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist To follow is the complete reflection for Lent 2010 given by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. 

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist While addressing members of the Pontifical Council for the Family on Monday, Pope Benedict XVI addressed the UN’s recent discussions of granting “sexual rights” to children by saying that the best way to protect the rights of children is to support the family.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist While addressing the bishops of England and Wales during their Ad Limina visit to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI said that Catholic teaching and Gospel truths have a right to be included in the public debate.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Pope Benedict XVI advised officials of the Roman Rota, the tribunal that deals mainly with marriage annulment cases, not to yield to a "false charity" that might justify annulling a marriage “at any cost.”

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A new book written by the man in charge of the process leading to the canonization of the late Pope John Paul II reveals that in addition to signing a document promising to resign should he ever become incurably ill, the late pontiff was also in the habit of mortifying himself with a belt and sleeping on a bare floor to practice self-denial.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist A member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity said during a recent interview that the Pope wants Catholics to become more actively involved in the political life of their nations.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Vatican has released statistics showing that during the course of 2009, more than two million people participated in general or special audiences, in the Sunday Angelus or in liturgical celebrations presided over by the Pope.

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