Chaldean Patriarch and new Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly celebrated Mass yesterday in Baghdad: Delly presided over other services this week in Baghdad and the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, spreading his message of unity and forgiveness among Iraq’s Christians. “We are of one family, everyone should work for the progress of this country,” he said…

After weeks and months of debate meets, other people going off to NFL games and such, Katie and I finally found a day to head south to catch a show – …if by “south” you mean “Cincinnati” – but it is south! And it was warmer! A shaky start after emerging from 9:15 Mass at…

Via PRF: One week after its release, Pope Benedict’s second encyclical Spe salvi has already sold more than one million copies, according to the Vatican publishing house. Besides the Italian edition, the encyclical was also published in English, Spanish, French, German and Polish. The booklet is sold at 2 euros for the Italian edition, and…

From CNA: According to the Vatican sources, the document, which could be made public this Advent, “can be regarded as an application of the principles of the document “Dominus Iesus” to the way evangelization is transmitted and catechesis is taught within the Catholic Church.” In “Dominus Iesus” the CDF, then under the leadership of Cardinal…

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