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As we noted, the Pope celebrated Mass in a parish church in Castel Gandolfo on the Assumption. Some tidbits about the day: On Ferragosto [as the Italians familiarly refer to the August 15 holiday], the Pope followed a tradition and walked to the parish church of Castel Gandolfo to celebrate a Mass in honor of…

Some numbers: THE RELATIVE decline of Catholicism in France over recent decades is continuing, according to the findings of one of the largest ever surveys into the faith.  Two-thirds of the 60 million people of France describe themselves as Catholic, but of these only 2.8 million attend Mass regularly. Twenty-five per cent (10 million) of…

John Paul I on the way… The vice postulator of the cause for the beatification of Pope John Paul I announced that the diocesan phase of the process could end this year. The announcement, reported on Vatican Radio, was made public on the occasion of the presentation of the celebrations for the 28th anniversary of…

Art historian Elizabeth Lev, who lives in Rome, has a spirited column on Zenit (back to publishing after the August break) – she admits to being in "high dudgeon" of late, inspired first, by Madonna’s concert in Rome and the approving audience: Rome houses the memories of many women and men who were tortured and…
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