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First via American Papist, and other places – a Tonight Show spoof commericial of our IPope. (And to Leno’s amused credulity that there’s such a thing as Vatican Radio – yeah, since 1931, with the groundwork begun in 1925. From an account of the first transmission written in 1966, the 35th anniversary: It is a…

John Allen says a document is being discussed – but there is no "official" document until the Pope approves of course. forthcoming Vatican document is set to state that use of condoms by a married couple, where one partner is infected with HIV/AIDS and the other is not, can be acceptable to prevent the transmission…

I went to Mass recently. Daily Mass. About 40 people there. A priest and 2 servers. The priest told no jokes, did not even say "good afternoon," obviously clear on what "Greeting" means in the rite. He spoke clearly, was restrained in his demeanor, keeping his own personality in check. He didn’t add a word…

Young Japanese Catholics: Shibata Yoko, 23, from Shizuoka parish, said she came with joy because since high school “no matter how much I thought about it [martyrdom], I could not understand it.” It all began when she read Endo Shusaku’s novel Silence, a story of the persecution of Christians in Japan. “I know that to…
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