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On Saturday, Pope Benedict visited the Major Roman Seminary next to the Pontifical Lateran Unviersity to speak with and listen to seminarians: ((Photos here) The Pope was by turns theologian and teacher, but speaking very spontaneously and familiarly, in responding to the questions, once in a while reminiscing about his own days as a seminarian,…

Benedict, in today’s Angelus message: In his greeting to the faithful, the pope also had something to say about China, confirming the country to be one of the matters occupying his mind. After reciting the Marian prayer, as he recalled that “in various countries of the East the Lunar New Year is being celebrated with…

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor approves a Mass: Now, however, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor has taken the controversial step of allowing fortnightly Masses in his Westminster diocese specifically for homosexuals. That link takes you to a newspaper article.( Zadok comments on the article itself and its flaws and questions here) It might be better to read the statement…

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle regareding this year’s Newberry Award winning book – and the NYTimes reports. (The issue is a single word right on the first page of the novel.) I’m going to say that what frankly surprises me about this controversy is that there are librarians who are taking a stand against…
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