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In California, there’s a legislative battle over issuing birth certificates for stillborn babies. One guess on the opposition: It is more than a piece of paper to many of the nearly 3,000 families that cope with stillbirth each year in California. They are anxiously watching Senate Bill 850, which would authorize the state to issue…

Sandro Magister does some analysis: There is a limit beyond which the words of Benedict XVI do not go. They reach completely only those who listen to them in person, whether present physically or thanks to a live television broadcast. The number of these persons is substantial, more than for any earlier pontificate. The Easter…

Fr. Z reprints and comments on Cardinal Zen’s statement regarding the Pope’s forthcoming letter to Chinese Catholics The statement references an letter, reprinted in the Chinese press, by an anonymous Chinese priest. Cardinal Zen’s conclusion: If readers, inside and outside China, accept the suggestions of the article, they will expect the Holy Father to emphasise…

In Sunday’s Urbi et Orbi message, Pope Benedict said the following: Likewise the population of East Timor stands in need of reconciliation and peace as it prepares to hold important elections. Elsewhere too, peace is sorely needed: in Sri Lanka only a negotiated solution can put an end to the conflict that causes so much…
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