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Whenever I get depressed about the Church in the US (which isn’t too often, actually), I consider the Church in Europe, particularly the Germany-Austria element, as well as the Netherlands, and I see that it could be worse, although plenty depressing in its own right. Gerald at Closed Cafeteria covers this beat quite well, and…

Michelle Boorstein at the WaPo reports: Priests and other archdiocese-watchers said they would be listening closely to Wuerl’s homily, looking for some sense of how he would balance spiritual leadership with the political issues that fuel daily life here — some view the Washington archbishop as a de facto national Catholic spokesman. But in his…

On the ACIN projects list, I found an appeal for help for a Brazilian parish called "Our Lady, Untier of Knots." Who could not be curious? This devotion is rooted in an 18th century Bavarian painting, with this history, according to a story in the Chicago Catholic paper: An 18th century German painting hanging in…

We’ve blogged on this association before, but it comes up today because the group has just published its excellent Children’s Bible in its 150th language edition: The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has prepared its Bible for Children, “God speaks to His Children,” in the 150th version: Sindhi, an Indo-Aryan…
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