Vatican Insider notes some newsworthy comments from the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship on the proper manner of receiving Communion: “In an interview with Aci Prensa news agency, the prefect of the Congregation […]
John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter discusses the persistence of dissent in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, placing it in the context of “German exceptionalism”: “There’s long been a sense that German-speaking Catholicism is susceptible to what […]
Catholic News Service has a report on an extraordinary decision by the Vatican to recall its nuncio to Ireland, summoning him to Rome for “consultations” on how Church officials responded to allegations of sex abuse […]
Marco Tosatti of Vatican Insider argues that Cardinal Raymond Burke is the “great puppeteer” of American appointees: “The nomination of Charles Chaput, Native American bishop from Denver, to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirms Raymond Leo […]
Over at GetReligion, Terry Mattingly takes a look at the New York Times’ report on Archbishop Charles Chaput’s replacing Cardinal Justin Rigali as the head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Mattingly observes that rather than […]
Many top Vatican-watchers called it yesterday, but today the Vatican made it official – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver will replace Cardinal Justin Rigali at the head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Vatican Radio reports: […]
While not the first, so far John Allen is among the most confident Internet voices asserting that the Vatican will announce the appointment of Archbishop Charles Chaput as the new head of the Philadelphia archdiocese […]
The political press is expressing concern about Republican presidential nominee Michele Bachmann’s connection to a conservative Lutheran group with a very dim view of the papacy. One would think this might endear her to journalists. […]
Bill Keller is the self-described “collapsed Catholic” who oversaw the biased coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of the abuse scandal in the pages of the New York Times. More of his bias comes out in his […]
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