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Sandro Magister: On the feast of saint Andrew, Benedict XVI entered the Blue Mosque in Istanbul with the cross of Jesus clearly visible upon his chest. He paused before the mihrab facing Mecca, and prayed in silence beside the grand mufti, who murmured the opening words of the Qur’an: all this took place with the…

Fr. Z notes the Ecumenical Patriarch’s homily yesterday and annotates it. The homily was on liturgy – its definition and power.  The homily, whether purposefully or not, highlights a division between Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy less frequently noted than issues of papal authority and other questions of ecclesiology and theology. Many folks, with only a…

Steve Gushee is a columnist for the Palm Beach Post. He’s also an Episcopal priest and wrote a couple of columns last year, one sneering at the Terry Schiavo case and the other sneering at DVC concern, that prompted me to put him in a box. But two recent columns have presented an intriguing contrast.…

When I posted that article about Bishop Flores of Detroit a couple of days ago, I noted to myself the odd way the article ended – a few paragraphs about Hispanics leaving the Catholic Church. Other readers noted it as well, and at Catholic Report, Dave Hartline prints the reporter’s response to one reader who…

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At the Papa Ratzinger Forum, Teresa B. translates a report: "This trip took place in utmost serenity," he said. "At every step, I saw how the authorities had done everything possible (to make it safe) and how the citizens cooperated with the authorities. I hope that the visit remains as a sign of friendship among…

John Allen tries to sort through the whole EU thing, using William Donohue’s blast of the reporting on the matter as a jumping off point. Yesterday, William Donohue of the Catholic League issued a statement blasting the press coverage, calling it “one of most embarrassing journalistic blunders to have occurred in some time.” He cited…

The Pope’s homily today, from the Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul (originally delivered in French) Gathered this morning in this house of prayer consecrated to the Lord, how can we not evoke the other fine image that Saint Paul uses in speaking of the Church, the image of the…

Ah, here we go. On Thursday, the Pope visited two structures associated with Islam: the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. What did he do in those places that is the question. Some are going berserk about what happened at the Blue Mosque already. Even before anything happened,Fox commentator Fr. Jonathon Morris was already getting…

Fr. Raymond de Souza brings the events of the last week together in NRO: Indeed, the last week has highlighted how it now falls to the pope to speak for global Christianity in a way that was not anticipated 40 years ago. While it was thought then that Rome would always have a certain primacy,…
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