{"id":3225,"date":"2007-01-27T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/from-the-pope.html"},"modified":"2007-01-27T15:50:37","modified_gmt":"2007-01-27T15:50:37","slug":"from-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/from-the-pope.html","title":{"rendered":"From the Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most fascinating news from the UK – Benedict makes a donation:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Pope has made an unprecedented personal donation of \u00a32,000 to the Roman Catholic chaplaincy at the University of Cambridge to help it and the faith survive at one of Britain\u2019s main centres of academic excellence. <\/div>\n

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Pope Benedict XVI, who was a university teacher for many years, intended the donation to signal his \u201cencouragement and support\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The two priests and the Dominican nun who work at the chaplaincy were stunned by the donation, which they believe is the first of its kind to come direct from the Pope. The Fisher House chaplaincy is appealing for \u00a32 million to set up a foundation to ensure its survival. The Catholic academic community in Cambridge is dependent on the chaplaincy for its community life, and about 450 people attend Mass on Sundays.<\/p>\n

The chaplaincy, in the centre of Cambridge in a former public house, has two choirs who sing in English and Latin and averages eight conversions a year. There have been ten vocations to the priesthood coming out of Fisher House.<\/p>\n

The chaplaincy receives no funds from the university and hardly any from the Church.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More on the Fisher House Appeal here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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