Last week, a Catholic priest and bishop were arrested in China – AsiaNews has more on the story today. Later at night, from 2 to 4 am, some 500 police officers started rounding up people. They again arrested Father Li, who had returned to his church, and another 90 people. At least 20 of them…

Two articles about possible spying and collusion with the  Communist government in Poland. I can’t sort out the claims and counter-claims right now, but if I don’t post, I’ll forget by morning…so, here are the links and we can look over them in the morning, eh? The Tablet takes a general look at the situation…

In the new issue of The Tablet: It’s a good article that covers more than the usual theme of the Christian diaspora from the Middle East – although that is well-documented, country-by-country, in the piece. He delves into theological and ecclesiological issues as well: Christianity in the Middle East is often obscured, especially from the…

Thanks to TSO for passing along this article: The Germans and the Austro-Hungarians promptly accepted the Pope’s proposal, although Berlin avoided specific commitments. The provisional Russian government also welcomed the papal mediation. The leaders of France and Italy, with largely Catholic, extremely war weary populations, were transfixed with alarm. They wanted a fight to the…

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