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I’ve noted the existence of a an entertaining and informative forum The Papa Ratzinger Forum – which is particularly valuable for the translations of foreign news and commentary. I should have also noted the existence of a similar place, run by the Christopher Blosser – at the Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict Fan Club. Some of the…

In The Tablet, Gerald Renner writes on Fr. Maciel: The complaints about sexual abuse first surfaced in the 1990s when nine former members of the Legionaries went public with their complaint that they had been abused by Maciel as seminarians and young priests as long ago as the 1940s. Maciel was also charged with having…

Yesterday, in his address to clergy, Benedict spoke at length about the identity and calling of the priest. However, more attention in the long run will probably be paid to this passage: On the occasion of the Great Jubilee, Pope John Paul II frequently exhorted Christians to do penance for infidelities of the past. We…

In his homily today in Warsaw, Benedict spoke of the truth of the Gospel – how the Church protects this truth, how it is faithfully handed down, and how the core of responding to that truth is in love: Every Christian is bound to confront his own convictions continually with the teachings of the Gospel…

It was rainy: For many, many more news service photos click here.

The main events today for the Pope’s visit to Poland are/were: Mass in Warsaw, a visit to the Jasna Gora shrine – In 1384, Ladislaus of Opole, a prince of the Jagiellonian dynasty, built a special chapel to house the Black Madonna, entrusting the painting to monks from Hungary’s Pauline order. Records of large pilgrimages…

Apple Dei – clever. And as Nancy says – you don’t even have to be a Mac person to appreciate it.

Friends/family have updated Fr. Todd Reitmeyer’s blog with details of arrangements for both Texas and South Dakota. From the Sioux Falls diocese website

Gashwin Gomes is home for the summer and reports on DVC encounters he’s had, as well as the Indian Church’s response (Sony agreed to a 15-second disclaimer for India) So, guess what the sweet white-haired Indian auntie and the middle-aged Nepalese lady in my row on the flight over were talking about? Yep. The Da…

From earlier today: The greatness of Christ’s priesthood can make us tremble. We can be tempted to cry out with Peter: "Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man" (Lk 5:8), because we find it hard to believe that Christ called us specifically. Could he not have chosen someone else, more capable, more…
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