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Over at Mere Comments, Lee Podles posts on an article in Der Spiegel about a Hungarian Cardinal who was an informant for the Communist government for decades: Not only was Paskai informing on his fellow priests, the majority of the Hungarian delegation to the Second Vatican Council were in fact secret police informers, and in…

After that whole Swiss debacle a couple of days ago, we’re a little behind on figuring out What Does The Pope Really Say? So, in the interest of catching up . the VIS summary of what he REALLY said to the Swiss bishops. This part, on liturgy, is particulary succinct: On the subject of the…

Speaking of Gashwin (sort of – see below), John Allen spoke at the University of South Carolina last night, and has reflections: Finally, a young woman from Belgium, whose name I unfortunately didn’t catch, wanted to press me on what I said about the crisis of faith in contemporary Europe. First, she asked, isn’t some…

A Christian Science Monitor story on a priest who has taken on a unique task: The confessions that Father Patrick Desbois receives don’t come from his parishioners. They are not made behind closed doors. They don’t even come from his countrymen. The words the French priest hears are the unburdening of villagers from Ukraine –…
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