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You can expect to see a lot of the image above in the next few months. It’s the official logo for the pope’s trip to the United States next spring. For more details, read this press release from the USCCB.

According to press reports, our German-born pope may be having second thoughts about sainthood for the pontiff who ruled during the Second World War: Moves to make wartime Pope Pius XII a saint have been delayed because Pope Benedict wants more study of documents, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday. Il Giornale reported that Benedict…

There are a lot of bishops floating around this country, and every now and then I stumble across one I haven’t heard of before: someone who is quietly but diligently tending his flock, in a far-flung corner that doesn’t get as much attention as, say, New York or Washington or Los Angeles. This bishop is…

We’re accustomed to seeing Nativity scenes in stables and caves; sometimes, the scenes even unfold under the open sky. But the one going up at the Vatican this week sounds altogether different — and very fitting, actually, coming from a pope named Joseph: Sheltered under a tree and concealed by burlap and scaffolding, the Nativity…
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