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The reviews are trickling in for Pope Benedict’s new CD, Alma Mater — the first album to feature a pontiff singing. The Holy Father may want to keep his day job. From the Times of London: The result is not quite an unholy mess but it comes close. Surprisingly, it is the lead vocalist, once…

Because it looks like the Vatican is seriously pondering the possibility of life on other planets: If finding extraterrestrial life is like “a detective chase, a crime to be solved, we’re getting very close to the answer,” said Chris Impey, head of the Steward Observatory and the University of Arizona’s department of astronomy in Tucson,…

More details are emerging on the Apostolic Constitution — and what it may mean for the celibate priesthood (not much, frankly): Former Anglicans entering the Catholic Church can preserve their liturgical traditions, married priests in some circumstances and even a shade of their consultative decision-making processes, according to Pope Benedict XVI’s document on new structures…

One of the most famous — and infamous — Catholic theologians is not impressed with Pope Benedict’s overture to the Anglicans: Dissident theologian Father Hans Kung criticized Pope Benedict XVI for his recent opening to discontented Anglicans, charging the pope was “fishing” for the most conservative Christians to the detriment of the larger church.  Father…
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