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Also from John Thavis at CNS – and props to him on this one. It’s thorough. (And sourced) Various views on the apparitions, the attitudes of different elements of the hierarchy, from local bishops to the Vatican to the Franciscans who dominate the scene there. I found this quote, from a scholar who doubts the…

Remember the "Vatican condemns everything" document on sexuality and marriage, announced by Cardinal Trujillo of the Pontifical Council for the Family a couple of weeks ago? People (including me) have been wondering what happened to it, for it has become a phantom document – unpublished in any language on the Vatican website, and I’ve not…

He’s visiting this fall,and Magister looks at some recent hints of the approach: But on that trip, which includes stops in Ankara and Ephesus in addition to Istanbul, Benedict XVI will also encounter Islam, and Turkish Islam in particular. And the pope made statements of significant interest on this topic in recent days. He made…

John Allen’s Word from Rome. He begins by discussing Catholicism in the Global South, with this rather useful analogy: In other words, the central challenge for world Catholicism at the moment is not decline, but growth, and making sense of the new interactions between faith and culture this growth is generating. "Rearranging deck chairs on…

Earlier this week in Fall River, MA., four people were killed by a fire that engulfed a hall where members of the Portugese community were preparing for a feast. Today, Michael Paulson of the Globe looks at the traditions of these feasts: This weekend’s Holy Ghost Festival in Fall River — the celebration of which…

Still no text up on the USCCB site, but here’s a summary from Reuters: Pope Benedict’s representative in the United States on Thursday urged Catholic bishops to transform the reputation of a church still tarnished by the nationwide pedophile priest scandal. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the new apostolic nuncio, or papal ambassador, to the United States,…

Fr. Z on the draft situation: You get the feeling that this is a game of chicken and we, the Catholic faithful, are standing in the middle of the street. Everyone knows how the votes went.  What we don’t know is precisely what the votes were about.  They were about the new draft translation, right? …

Jim Manney posts on the newest twist in bringing publishing to the people: Blurb Customers of a just-launched Web company named Blurb can download professionally-designed templates for various kinds of books, including cookbooks, photo books, portfolios and volumes dedicated to pets and babies. Blurb is targeting the gift and memento market, and a single copy…

George Weigel’s latest column: Some light was cast on the complexity of all this during a recent conversation I had with one of China’s most prominent Catholic laymen (who, for reasons of prudence, must remain anonymous). He confirmed that there had been a significant grassroots rapprochement between members of the PCA and members of the…

Pulled together by Sylvie at the Papa Ratzinger Forum – for a bigger version and more, go here and scroll down.
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