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Kaspar says he thinks the Pope will go: A top Vatican official said he expects Pope Benedict to travel to Istanbul, Turkey, in late November for a meeting with Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Cardinal Walter Kasper, who coordinates ecumenical dialogue at the Vatican, said Patriarch Bartholomew had issued the invitation the day after…

We all know (or we should, anyway) about the precarious state of the shrinking Christian presence in the Holy Land. Today, Sandro Magister reports on what the representative of the Franciscan Custodians of the Holy Land have to say these days "What do you mean by difficulties between Israel and the Vatican? We Christians in…

Last night, I was reading our worn copy of Peter Rabbit to Joseph, a copy that had been mine as a child, which makes it practically an antique. What struck me, though, was not my own age, but rather the fact that twenty years ago, I was probably doing the same thing: reading Peter Rabbit…

More on the issue in this week’s NCR. The article offers a quick survey of the different approaches dioceses are taking in regard to bankruptcy, assets and ownership issues. It’s very confusing. [the issue, not the article.] But the bottom line? The church, said Gerdano, “hasn’t been consistent and they haven’t been diligent about observing…
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