Here’s a creative use of the internet. From a reader: In what may be a first for one of the Church’s public policy arms, Jeff Caruso, Executive Director of the Virginia Catholic Conference, is holding a live blog to discuss the upcoming Virginia General Assembly.  Shaun Kenney will be hosting the live blog and they…

Archbishop Christodoulos and Pope Benedict, today. The VIS report: This morning, the Holy Father received His Beatitude Christodoulos, archbishop of Athens and of all Greece, who is making an official visit to the Vatican. Prior to his audience with the Pope, the archbishop visited St. Peter’s Basilica where he prayed at the tomb of John…

A story from Spero News about children of certain tribes and regions in Angola being accused of witchcraft by their parents and bearing the consequences: Jonas is a survivor of a disturbing trend that has emerged in Angola in recent years: Children being accused of witchcraft, resulting in their abuse, abandonment, and, in some cases,…

Catholic bishops play a role: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and the United Nations-backed transitional government Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny met face-to-face behind closed doors late on Wednesday for the first time after last month’s public showdown, an official source said. The meeting lasting about three hours was held at the behest of the…

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