Is there a Vatican media strategy?
April 15, 2010
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The Church’s attempts to defend itself often just cause more damage.
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Silk and Hertzberg on the Catholic Crisis
April 15, 2010
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The model for the Catholic Church today is actually the modern authoritarian state. Doctrine and appointments are made at the center, and anyone who wishes to rise to the top knows that the curia must be cultivated . . . Think Kafka.
During Holocaust remembrance week, liberators gather in Washington
April 15, 2010
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“Not only liberating a continent, but saving a people — a people who the Nazis had tried to exterminate, millions of whom perished before you were able to get to them — and then you helped preserve the memory.”
Vatican attempts to clarify recent statements
April 15, 2010
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Jesuit Father Frederico Lombardi, director of the Vatican Press Office offered a communique which attempts to limit the scope of recent statements.
Rebuilding Bay St. Louis continues
April 15, 2010
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“The volunteers were here before the government really got in full swing and have remained in waves of activity since Day 1”
Updated Story: Photos of Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden in Haiti
April 15, 2010
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The U.S. Embassy chose College St. Pierre because of the Episcopal Church’s efforts to care for the people of Haiti, and to rebuild the country.
Press coverage of the VA property hearings
April 14, 2010
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The day after the presentation of arguments to the Virginia Supreme Court regarding the ownership of church property in the instances when congregations have decided to depart the Episcopal Church, the press coverage has started to appear online.
Who paid the legal fees in Pittsburgh?
April 14, 2010
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Lionel Deimel has written an analysis of the money spent and portions recovered in the lawsuit that was brought against the departing portion in the Diocese of Pittsburgh by Calvary Church, Shadyside on behalf of those who remained. Turns out that the a large portion of the costs were born by the people of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, not the larger Episcopal Church.
Some Catholic bishops state orientation has no connection to child sexual abuse
April 14, 2010
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In an interesting development today the Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales issued a statement making clear that in England and Wales, the Roman Catholic church recognizes the sexual orientation has nothing to do with pedophilia. Not surprising, but the timing of the statement is interesting.
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