{"id":7242,"date":"2004-05-21T00:35:25","date_gmt":"2004-05-21T00:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/from_the_tablet_1.html"},"modified":"2004-05-21T00:35:25","modified_gmt":"2004-05-21T00:35:25","slug":"from_the_tablet_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/from_the_tablet_1.html","title":{"rendered":"From the Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"

On St. Gianna<\/a><\/p>\n

One man who knows the details of Gianna\u2019s life like few others, and has no doubt about her saintliness, is the Capuchin Father, Paolino Rossi. He was the Postulator of her cause, and dislikes the emphasis on the manner of her death. \u201cIt\u2019s an error to reduce her sainthood and her example to the last extreme gesture,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was the culmination of a life lived with great intensity and a profound love of God and her fellow man.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

German bishops says anonymous informers not welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

In his archdiocese anyone \u201cwho finds, or thinks they have found\u201d that a priest is guilty of liturgical abuse, must first of all talk to the priest concerned in person, Cardinal Wetter said. He quoted Matthew 18:15: \u201cIf another member of the Church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone.\u201d People should only turn to their bishop if this was of no avail, he said. Complaints would, moreover, only be listened to if the person lodging the complaint was prepared to reveal his or her name, and anonymous complaints would be considered null and void. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nReasonable and fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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