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Special Report

The Bishop Morris Affair

June 30, 2011 CWR Staff 0

Twice this spring—within the space of barely over a month—Pope Benedict XVI took the highly unusual step of removing a bishop from his office. Early in April he ousted Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loemba from leadership […]

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Special Report

A Step Forward

June 30, 2011 Michael J. Miller 0

On May 13, 2011, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (PCED) published an instruction on the application of the 2007 motu proprio designed to facilitate the celebration of the Latin Mass according to the 1962 Missal. […]

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It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear

June 30, 2011 Diogenes 0

Emancipation from religious authority produced in its wake a litter of thumb-sucking books ostensibly designed to help children deal with the consequences of their parents’ brave quest for self-fulfillment, most notably the anguish of divorce. […]

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Special Report

“Christianophobia”

June 30, 2011 Michael Kelly 0

The decision by the European Court of Human Rights—on appeal—that Italy’s schools may lawfully display the crucifix in classrooms was a rare piece of good news for religious believers in a Europe increasingly marked by […]

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Special Report

The John Jay Report

June 30, 2011 CWR Staff 0

A final report on the sex-abuse scandal prepared for the US bishops has found no single factor responsible for clerical abuse. The rise in abuse cases in the 1960s and 1970s was influenced by social […]

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Editorial

Pope Benedict XVI and the New Evangelization

June 30, 2011 George Neumayr 0

One of Pope Benedict XVI’s distinctive contributions to what successive popes have called the New Evangelization is to treat once-Christian countries as mission territory. To that end, he has instituted the Pontifical Council for Promoting […]

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Books

Left Behind

June 30, 2011 David Paul Deavel 0

“Have you met any of these young retro-Catholics?” This question was directed to my table by a priest in his early 60s at the closing banquet for the American Catholic Historical Association several years ago. The priest […]

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Special Report

Changes at Caritas International

June 30, 2011 CWR Staff 0

In February, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, confirmed that the Vatican had declined to approve a second term for Lesley-Anne Knight, the secretary-general of Caritas International. That announcement triggered several weeks of […]