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Q: “Is the Church’s position on fighting AIDS ineffective and unrealistic?”
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deacon greg kandra
A: “I would say the opposite. I think that the reality that is most effective, the most present and the strongest in the fight against AIDS, is precisely that of the Catholic Church, with its programs and its diversity. I think of the Sant’Egidio Community, which does so much visibly and invisibly in the fight…
Papal fashion, c. 1980
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deacon greg kandra
While Pope Benedict prepares to depart on his first trip to Africa, it’s interesting to flashback to his predecessor’s trip to the continent nearly 30 years ago. John Paul visited six countries on his first tour — and offered some memorable photo ops, like the one below (which, somehow, I don’t think we’ll see repeated…
An apology from the pope: “A mishap I sincerely regret”
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deacon greg kandra
As has been widely reported, Pope Benedict penned a letter to the world’s bishops about the Williamson boondoggle — and expressed regret for how it was handled. You can read the entire text here. A snip: One mishap for me unforeseeable, was the fact that the Williamson case has superimposed itself on the remission of…
Upon this rock
By
deacon greg kandra
Pope Benedict is poised to make some history when he visits the Holy Land this spring, according to the Associated Press: Pope Benedict XVI will show solidarity with Jews and Muslims during his first papal trip to the Holy Land with visits to Jerusalem’s Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, the papal envoy…
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