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Pope approves gathering: Benedict XVI has approved an international Inter-Religious Encounter of Prayer for Peace organized by the Sant’Egidio Community (founded by Andrea Riccardi, a frequent contributor to the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano.) This will take place September 4-5 in Assissi, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of an event that was dar to Pope John…

Pius XI files to be opened. The Vatican said Friday that it was releasing from its secret archives all the files on the pontificate of Pope Pius XI, which spanned most of the period between World War I and World War II. Researchers will be allowed to access the files beginning Sept. 18. They cover…

Yesterday was the feast of the First Martyrs of Rome. Mike Aquilina, from the Touchstone archives, with a piece on the importance of Eucharist to those early Christians. This is a precious snapshot, because we do not know as much about those first Christians as we would like to know. They were a small group,…

…but just for a bit. Michael returned to us yesterday, picked us up and drove us further south. (Last Saturday, he’d driven us to Knoxville, and then turned around and returned to Fort Wayne. He has a couple of books of his on which he’s doing revisions for new editions, and needed the time to…

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John Allen today: Focus on the Salesians (Cardinal Bertone’s order) At the moment, the Salesians have more bishops than any other order in the church — a total of 116, while their nearest competitor, the Order of Friars Minor, have 104, and the Jesuits 74. There are also seven Salesian cardinals, the second-highest total after…

The Pope’s words yesterday: These words call to mind our common faith and the mystery of the salvation we have received, a gift which we must pass on to the men and women of our day. The fact that the feast of Saints Peter and Paul is celebrated on the same day by both Catholics…

The new Secretary for the Congregation of Divine Worship: The newly appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship said this week that some liturgical reforms that followed the Second Vatican Council have not been true to the council’s decrees. Archbishop Albert Patabendige Don accused a human-centred "spirit of total liberty … without roots or…

..in the Toledo diocese: Troubles continue for Bishop Leonard Blair and the Toledo diocese. Blair and the diocese are named in another lawsuit filed Wednesday in Wyandot County Common Pleas court by St. Joseph-Salem Save Our Parish. St. Joseph parish, Carey, was closed in July 2005. The parish was consolidated with St. Mary parish in…

Here’s a translation (scroll down) And here’s a translation of the Angelus (yes, the Pope offered an address after the Angelus today, as he does on major feast days) Today, we solemnly honor Saints Peter and Paul, “apostles of Christ, pillars and foundation of the city of God,” as sung in today’s liturgy . Their…
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