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VATICAN CITY (CNS)
-- The working document for this fall's Synod of Bishops on the Bible
called for a creative pastoral response to a growing hunger among
Catholics for the word of God.
The document said the synod should help find ways for Catholics to
better understand Scripture and relate it to their everyday lives,
including works of justice and charity.
It strongly rejected a fundamentalist approach to the Bible and said a
key challenge is to clarify for the faithful the relation of Scripture
to science.
The text encouraged the trend among Catholics toward daily Scripture
reading. But it said Sunday Mass is where most people encounter
Scripture, and it called for better coordination of readings and
homilies to underline scriptural content.
The 86-page document, called an "instrumentum laboris," was released at
the Vatican June 12. It will serve as a discussion guideline for the
Oct. 5-26 synod, which treats the theme: "The Word of God in the Life
and Mission of the Church."
VATICAN
CITY (CNS) -- Living an "exemplary life" is key to re-evangelizing lands
that have forgotten their Christian roots, Pope Benedict XVI said.
St. Columbanus, a sixth-century Irish monk, was "one of the fathers of
Europe" who helped re-evangelize a region that had succumbed to a
resurgence of paganism, the pope said during his June 11 general
audience in St. Peter's Square.
1. Vatican to host world premiere of musical about life of Mary
The Vatican has thrown its support behind an Italian musical
highlighting the life of Mary and will host Mary and its premiere June
17.
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