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The LA Times on a project to restore the window’s in Shanghai’s Catholic cathedral, spearheaded by a California Jesuit and a Chinese artist. Being the cathedral, it is, of course, a Patriotic Association church, and the political aspect is definitely underplayed in the story, which is understandable, I suppose, since it’s about art, but it…

Apparently on RAI (the national Italian TV network) today, after they broadcast the Angelus, they showed a little video of Pope on Vacation, walking around, writing, and, in a first, images of Ratzinger as Pope playing the piano: More here via the Forum. Apparently the video is a product of CTV, the Vatican television service.…

Today at Les Combes, the Pope during the Angelus: Benedict XVI told the crowd of around 10,000 people who went up to Les Combes to participate in the Sunday Angelus: “The news coming from the Holy Land in recent days gives cause for further, serious concern among all, especially because of the increased actions of…

A great story from Indianapolis about a most faithful disciple with a fascinating background: At 90, Lucious Newsom hitches up his blue bib overalls and climbs into his white van, preparing to continue his work as “the Lord’s beggar for the poor”—a role he has served for 18 years in Indianapolis. Pulling the van away…

Regina Doman Schmiedicke has posted it. It’s so terribly sad, but suffused with faith, hope and love for a child. The last photograph on the page will break your heart. We pray for all those who have lost a child, and are coping with that loss today. Danielle Bean reports on how we can help:…

Here’s Get Religion’s roundup of religion coverage of the World Cup: Interesting stuff, including how a Full Gospel Church in NY utilized the tournament among South Korean adherants, and how the Christian and Muslim members of the Ghanian team played and prayed together.

And to a soccer game! Thousands of people wearing their Sunday best will flock today to the Home Depot Center, the site of a Major League Soccer game between Chivas USA and the Los Angeles Galaxy. Before a ball is dropped on the field, though, Chivas USA has arranged for an outdoor Catholic Mass that…

WaPo article on conscience conflicts between medical providers/personnel and patients: Many religious health workers find no conflict between their beliefs and their jobs. But others describe what amounts to a sense of siege, with the secular world increasingly demanding they capitulate to doing procedures, prescribing pills or performing tasks that they find morally reprehensible. Beginning…

Just returned from an IPFW perfomance of Babes in Arms with Katie. I mean, I was with Katie, not that Katie was in it. Although, as usual, she wished she were! It was an intriguing show, which doesn’t mean it wasn’t entertaining for the most part. There’s kind of an unusual story behind this –…

John Allen has it In his NCR interview, however, Milingo insisted that he had said no such thing, and that it was church authorities who insisted that he had been brainwashed. “All my problems come from the lack of appreciation [by the authorities of the Catholic church] for the spiritual gifts I have,” he said.…
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