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Well, just days after I took him to task for not having information about deacons on his website, the fellow behind this blog has posted something lovely on this particular vocation. Here’s part of what he posted: a letter from The Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, on the August 10…

Our prolific pontiff is at it again. With one bestseller under his cincture, and another on the way, and with a widely praised encyclical still stirring the hearts of the faithful around the world, he’s now set to work on encyclical #2: Pope Benedict XVI is working on a doctrinal pronouncement that will condemn tax…

It’s vacation time at the pope’s summer residence, and that means it’s time to tickle the ivories: Pope Benedict XVI was so impressed with the piano skills of Brazil’s Vatican representative that he invited the apostolic nuncio to give him a private concert in Italy. After a dinner with a few guests Aug. 7 at…

Rumblings out of Rome indicate a consistory is coming — and, with it, the usual flurry of new red hats: The Vatican has not officially announced plans for a consistory, but rumors about the appointment of new cardinals have circulated in Rome for several months, and many observers had expected Pope Benedict to call a…
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