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DAILY BLOG | Breaking News and Analysis PRINT EDITION | November 8, 2009 Issue

Christian Europe's Vital Signs

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by Tom McFeely

Monday, June 15, 2009 3:18 PM

Focolare's 'Genfest' at WYD 2000 in Rome: Evidence of Europe's Catholic vitality. (movimento-dei-focolari)

Reports of the “death” of Christian Europe are greatly exaggerated.

That’s the opinion of Philip Jenkins, in this article in the June 2007 issue of Foreign Policy.

Jenkins has given the matter considerable thought; the Penn State University professor of history and religious studies is author of the 2007 book,  God’s Continent:... READ MORE


White House: Relations with Holy See 'Very Important’

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by Edward Pentin

Monday, June 15, 2009 2:38 PM

A spokesman for President Barack Obama affirmed today that the president attaches a high priority to the relationship between the Vatican and the United States.

In an e-mail comment to the Register, Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications said: “The Holy See is very important to our foreign policy... READ MORE


Benedict-Obama Meeting Plans

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by Edward Pentin

Monday, June 15, 2009 1:42 PM

Obama visits Cairo's Sultan Hassan Mosque June 4. (CNS/Reuters)

The Vatican and the White House are close to agreeing on a date for President Barack Obama to meet Pope Benedict XVI in early July. The president will be in Rome while he attends the G8 summit in the Italian town of L’Aquila July 8-10.

According to informed sources, there’s “work in progress” on a time and date but no official... READ MORE


New Shepherd for New Orleans

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by Tom McFeely

Monday, June 15, 2009 10:26 AM

Archbishop Gregory Aymond (CNS)

Archbishop-elect Gregory Aymond of New Orleans will become the archdiocese’s first native-born archbishop when he is installed Aug. 20.

Go here to read the article posted about Archbishop Aymond by the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Friday, the day Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to succeed retiring Archbishop Alfred Hughes.

With Archbishop... READ MORE


Encyclical Expected June 29

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by Tom McFeely

Monday, June 15, 2009 9:00 AM

Benedict signs his second encyclical, Spe Salvi. (CNS/Reuters)

From Zenit News Service:

Pope Gives Insight Into Next Encyclical

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 14 — Benedict XVI said Saturday that his next encyclical, which “will soon be published,” will outline the work Christians must do in order to bring about “truly free” human coexistence.

The Pope spoke of his third encyclical on Saturday when he received in... READ MORE


Top 10 Priest Movies

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by Tom Hoopes

Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:40 AM

For the Year of the Priest, here are the “Top 10 Priest Movies” from our Top 100 Catholic Movies List (the full list, the result of an online poll of 1,000 people, is always under “Resources” above):

1. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
2. The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
3. The Mission (1986), mature audiences
4. Going My Way (1944)
5. The... READ MORE


Year of the Priest Begins Friday

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by Tim Drake

Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:07 AM

This Friday, June 19, begins the Year of the Priest, as announced by Pope Benedict XVI back in March. That means that for 10 days, between June 19 and 29, the Church is celebrating both the Year of St. Paul and the Year of the Priest.

What’s planned for the Year of the Priest? Many dioceses and seminaries are planning special events and... READ MORE


Happy Corpus Christi

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by Tom Hoopes

Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:11 AM

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Corpus Christi on Thursday. Here’s his procession from St. John Lateran to St. Mary Major, which we reported on here.


Must We Feed Them?

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by Tom Hoopes

Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:45 AM

Terri Schiavo (wiki)

The Culture of Life Foundation has issued a reply (here) to the Consortium of Jesuit Bioethics Programs on the question of whether or not food and water are extraordinary care.

The question was key in the case of Terri Schiavo, who was starved to death by court order. The Jesuit Consortium published its critique of Pope John Paul II’s position... READ MORE


Episcopalian Abuse Scandal

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by Tom McFeely

Friday, June 12, 2009 1:34 PM

People who think that sexual abuse by clergy is exclusively a Catholic problem, or that only Catholic bishops have mishandled abuse allegations, or that a married priesthood would solve the abuse problem, should read this article.

It’s a recapitulation published by The Houston Press of an egregious abuse scandal in the Episcopal Diocese of... READ MORE


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