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American Papist has been covering the story intensely, and has links to the latest clarifications.

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I’m back – 24 hours after I left, and I’m not wiped out. I actually slept like a stone on the plane from LA – I fell asleep before we took off and didn’t wake up until they announced we were descending – and even then, I went back to sleep because with a big…

When reporters attempt to dissect the "reaction" to the Da Vinci Code, they concentrate on the Christians. The non-Christians deserve a day in the sun as well. If you visit various discussion boards on the web, what you’ll find are conversations that usually end up focusing on the basics: Does God exist? Who was Jesus?…

For the repose of the soul of Al Kimel’s (of Pontifications) father, who died on Saturday.

Via Zenit, here’s the full text of this morning’s remarks. I’ll pull the sentence that gave me food for contemplation: From the beginning, therefore, the Christian community began to live a weekly rhythm, highlighted by the encounter with the risen Lord.  …and a happy Monday to you all…

In the NYTimes: Dems hope to divide GOP on embryo-destructive stem cell research It may also influence voter turnout in some races, including here in Missouri, where a proposed constitutional amendment to protect stem cell research is making front-page news, and the incumbent Republican senator, Jim Talent, is facing a tough re-election challenge from the…

Gerald at Closed Cafeteria translates an article from German about the Pope’s recent attendance at a concert Visibly happy, Pope Benedict XVI enjoyed a concert Saturday evening, featuring music by Mozart. The mayor of Rome had invited the Pope to celebrate Benedict’s one year anniversary, and to celebrate the birthday of Rome. Pope Benedict said…

Finally watched most of it today – off and on – as Katie watched all the eps this afternoon and then the conclusion tonight. I echo Jimmy Mac’s comment in a previous thread that they seemed young, young, young…and of course they are! And of course I’m not! The set-up was rather bizarre, and I’d…

A fuller article on the topic from earlier on Sunday – there’s a study , but this time no sense of which direction the study will go: Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, who is in charge of the Vatican’s healthcare ministry, disclosed plans to publish the document in an interview published in La Repubblica newspaper yesterday.…

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