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Then and now, from Christianity Today: September 11, 2001, is frequently compared to December 7, 1941, as a day that will "live in infamy." But a more appropriate analogy might be August 24, 410, when the city of Rome was besieged and pillaged by an army of 40,000 "barbarians" led by the Osama bin Laden…

A neighbor remembers an early childhood trauma: Teresa, 82, remembers how young Joseph Ratzinger would dash out of his family’s house and press his nose against the window of the shop across the road. "He was looking at a teddy bear. He wanted it so much that he would stand there gazing at it," Teresa…

Vatican Radio report on Vespers from the Basilica of St. Anne The reporter reports that Benedict left the episcopal ring he wore as Archbishop of Munich at the base of the Black Madonna statue, which had been brought into the Basilica for the service. Catholic News Agency: Following the initial prayers of the service, and…

The Sounds of 9/11 – Peggy Noona’s column on last words of love and acceptance. New life in a time of despair and confusion Finally, 2,996 – a blog-burst of remembrances of the victims – bloggers chose one person to remember. This link goes to a list of all participants, with links to their tributes.

Click on all photos for captions and credit. Click here for lots more photos. The Pope prayed in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image, offered Mass in the square, then led a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and the Madonna to a new "Chapel of Adoration." His homily was marvelous, focusing on John 2, The…

…the day in Germany is half over. This morning, Pope Benedict left Munich, and flew by helicopter to Altötting, the site of an important Marian shrine, housing one of the several Black Madonnas venerated around the world. Here is more about Altötting and its shrine: Small in form, but large in history and significance, the…

Vatican Radio comes through – you can’t find English translations of the Pope’s words in Germany on the Vatican website, but Vatican Radio has them posted here – all of them so far. Bravo! And don’t forget – you can listen to Vatican Radio program packages on the Pope’s visit here, any time. English translations…

Gerald has translated the lovely homily that Benedict gave at Vespers in the Munich cathedral, with a crowd of children gathered around: Dear parents! I want to heartily invite you to help your children believe and to accompany them on the way to Communion, which continues on after First Communion, on their wayt to Jesus…

From Kentucky: a historic structure restored: It’s considered the oldest existing Catholic building in the Midwest, an 18th-century log house where the first frontier seminarians studied, where the first bishop in Kentucky lived and where an order of nuns began their work. For later generations of children, it was a rustic schoolhouse with no running…

Well, not a single translation of anything has been posted at the Vatican website. Update: Gerald at Closed Cafeteria has a complete translation. The Mass, from a Catholic News Agency report: In his Homily the Holy Father challenged his fellow Germans to allow their ears to be opened to God’s word and to do away…
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