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An English language signed statement in favor of "releasing" the traditional Latin Mass for those who request it. You can sign in support here.

A reader writes in regard to this article in the (UK) Spectator: I’m not a historian, but this time I am sceptical of the Specky.  Is it really true that: "In 1510 England was an authoritarian outpost of the Catholic Church — a country where, uniquely, it was illegal to read the Bible in the…

Asia News talks to Cardinal Zen: The new year is a “crucial moment for the complicated situation facing the Church in China” however it does not look as if, “humanly speaking, there are any openings.” The speech of the pope to the diplomatic corps this morning is thus “a right appeal for religious freedom that…

Late this morning in Rome, Pope Benedict gave the annual "State of the World" address to the Vatican diplomatic corps. Here is the English text: He began by speaking of the scandal of world hunger and other humanitarian issues. And then: How can we not be alarmed, moreover, by the continuous attacks on life, from…

Epiphany edition: Joseph awoke not feeling well, and expressing that feeling in action in the bathroom. So Michael went to an early Mass, and then returned to stay home with the little ones. David, Katie and I then headed out – Church still decorated of course, with the invitation to take poinsettas after Mass –…

AsiaNews on the Vatican Press Office statement on the affair: The resignation of Mgr Stanislaw Wielgus from his new post as archbishop of Warsaw is an “adequate solution” to the “confusion” created in Poland by accusations about his past collaboration with the secret services of the regime. But the resignation is also a new phase…

John Charles Wester, SF auxiliary

NYTimes publishes a correction on the El Salvador abortion story.

Gashwin’s got a great post, with photos and info.

Today at St. Peter’s, in the Sistine Chapel, following a tradition established by Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict baptized 13 babies. More photos here. Today’s Angelus: The pope then underlined the link between the “baptism of Jesus and our baptism”. Benedict XVI Said: “In the Jordan the heavens opened (cfr Lk 3:21) to indicate…
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