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Cardinal Arinze lays out the plans: At more than twelve years since the celebration of the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, the Church in Africa is taking this first major step toward the celebration of a Second Synod for Africa. To help us better examine these "lineamenta," it may be useful…

The American Papist has a good summary post of the most recent events, specifically related to the Wuerl installation Mass last week. He links to a blog post by Julia Duin, religion writer at the Washington Times, who interprets the Kerry/Kennedy presence as a direct challenge: On the very day of Archbishop Wuerl’s installation, two…

Gashwin Gomes was at the farewell festivities for Cardinal Dias, blogged about here third-hand a couple of days ago.

Vatican delegation to China? A Vatican delegation has been in Beijing since last Sunday to meet with various figures of the Chinese government.   Views vary among analysts on the significance of this visit, which will last until July 1st; the word is that the Vatican itself does not have high hopes as to what it…
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