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In Rome for the consistory, of course: Hong Kong’s cardinal-designate Joseph Zen suggested Thursday the Vatican might be willing to compromise on the biggest obstacle to its tense relations with Beijing — the question of who should appoint bishops in China. A day before he was due to be elevated as cardinal in Rome, the…

Wandering, unconnected priests are usually up to no good. The plaintiff’s lawyer, Jeff Anderson, said the priest was ordained in the Diocese of Tarno in Poland in 1976. He served at St. Stanislaus parish in Utica, N.Y., in 1977 and at St. Mary’s parish in Reading, Pa., from 1978 to 1980. A spokeswoman for the…

What’s happening today, from Paulson at the Globe: Today all 193 cardinals and cardinals-to-be (the 178 who already have their red hats, at the 15 who are to get them tomorrow) are gathering at the Vatican’s Synod Hall for what Pope Benedict XVI has called "a meeting of reflection and prayer.” The closed-door meeting is…

Got a blog post up at the Amazon Author Connect blog giving you the fabulous, fascinating inside scoop on the writing of the Loyola Kids’ Book of Heroes.

Over the next few days, I want to try to prepare a substantive post on Bart Ehrman, the lapsed-Christian Biblical scholar, head of the religion department at UNC – Chapel Hill, who is attracting much attention these days – his Misquoting Jesus is selling quite well – it’s #14 on Amazon as I speak (or,…

Many of you have heard of Antoinette Bosco, longtime columnist for the Catholic press. In 1993, her son and daughter-in-law were brutally murdered in their sleep. Recently, Dr. Bosco spoke at St. John’s University about her opposition to the death penalty: Forgiveness takes time,” she says, “but nothing good comes of refusing to let go…

They need you to paint a mural at SF city hall: "It is an insult to all San Franciscans when a foreign country, like the Vatican, meddles with and attempts to negatively influence this great city’s existing and established customs and traditions, such as the right of same-sex couples to adopt and care for children…

This over the transom, from a reader: PLEASE E-MAIL [email protected]  Please give a briefdescription of the disobedience to the Vatican that is taking place inyour area.  This is very important .   Mr. Haldane is working on astory as you read this.  Please write your experience, whether it beknowledge of disobedience to the Teachings, refused Communion…

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