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In light of recent events: Pope Benedict XVI’s security guards are known for composure under pressure, and they showed it when a deranged German tried to jump onto the pope’s jeep at a general audience. Within seconds, 11 Vatican plainclothes agents — Swiss Guards and policemen — subdued the 27-year-old man and pinned him to…

Today, the Pope met with participants in the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella agency of Catholic relief and social justice groups that includes Catholic Charities, USA and Catholic Relief Services. The Pope’s speech to the group (delivered in English): So what is the particular mission of your Confederation? What aspect of the Church’s…

Shadows of war: The Democratic Republic of Congo is on the brink of full-scale war unless the government and international community intervene, said a Caritas official and the archbishop of Bukavu, Congo. Bruno Miteyo, director of Caritas Congo, told Catholic News Service that "all the elements are there to bring the country to war." Caritas…

Dimitri Cavalli in the WSJ about excommunication threats, past and present: Rummel and Archbishop Joseph Ritter of St. Louis had previously used the threat of excommunication to suppress lay Catholic opposition to civil rights. In 1956, Rummel warned Catholic lawmakers in the state legislature that they would face excommunication if they voted to mandate the…
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