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On to China. What’s happened the past few days, after the ordination of that bishop, unapproved by the Vatican and the apparent forced participation by other clerics. Cardinal Zen on the general situation: The Vietnamese Church is “dynamic and vital, not least thanks to recent concessions by the government, which is moving ever closer towards…

Because, you know, contrarians abound, we’ve been subject to a raft of "Has the Pope gone soft" op-eds over the the past few days. Ian Fisher in the NYTimes, for example: HAS the pope gone wobbly? The question might matter less if he weren’t the man he is — and if the images of his…

Catholics are not Catholicism. The mistakes, the clumsiness, the inefficiences, the lack of concern of Catholics do not involve Catholicism itself. It is not the responsiblity of Catholicism to furnish an alibit for the shortcomings of Catholics. Jacques Maritain, Religion and Culture

From the BBC3 – available until the 10th. Playlist: Advent Prose: Rorate coeli (Plainsong)Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel Bidding Prayer Carol: Adam lay y bounden (Philip Ledger) I :The Message of AdventSentence and CollectAntiphons: O Sapientia; O AdonaiFirst lesson: Isaiah 11 vv1-5Carol: Threshold of Night (Tarik O’Regan)Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv1-11Anthem: This…
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