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The Cardinal says…
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awelborn
Trujillo says no he didn’t A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo denied saying that the Vatican will excommunicate the doctors who performed Colombia’s first legal abortion on an 11-year old girl allegedly raped by…
Saintly Spectacles
By
awelborn
I’m not even going to try to tell you how I arrived at this spot, but how can you resist a website dedicated to antique spectacles which contains a web page about "famous religious leaders and their spectacles?" On the sides of a Reliquary (photo 1) there are two niches. The one on the left…
Old Zhou to Italy!
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awelborn
Old Zhou writes to share enviable news and an invite: We (me and Mrs. Zhou) fly to Rome next Tuesday, arriving Wednesday Sep 6. We’ll be staying at the home of our good friend, St. Gregory the Great while in Rome, until Tues Sep 12 (Monasterio di San Gregorio Magno al Celio). We plan to…
Hosts and Jam
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awelborn
Two articles of interest: Cistercian nuns in Wisconsin bake hosts, are trying to build a new monastery: Success has come at a price. Expansion of the bakery has encroached on other parts of the monastery, including the infirmary, workrooms and living quarters, known as cells. This shortage of space was an indication that a new…
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