Thursday, June 19, 2008

News Updates, 6/19/08

Vatican to mark anniversary of death of Pope Pius XII
An AP article, no excerpts.

Well-loved Catholic author Ann Ball passes away
Houston, Jun 9, 2008 / 05:45 pm (CNA).- Ann Ball, a prolific author who wrote lives of the saints alongside Catholic cookbooks, died of a heart attack shortly before midnight on Sunday...

The new Da Vinci Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel (The Times)
Forget The Da Vinci Code. "Experts" are now convinced that Michelangelo painted subversive messages into his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Is there any truth in their claims — or are their imaginations running away with them?

Pro-lifers Baffled by Archdiocese: Another Strike, but No Outs as Obama's Chicago Priest Returns to Parish
Rev. Michael Pfleger returns, but pro-lifers ask why it takes racial taunting of Clinton and not abortion to put priest on leave

The “ingenuity of the devout”
Barack Obama does not “disregard doubt” – even that shown by pro-lifers, says Pepperdine’s Douglas Kmiec

Bishop Serratelli: The language of the liturgy-- the value of the new translations
(Paterson Beacon)

African Diplomats, Take Note: This Is How the Church Works (Chiesa)
They came to Rome from 22 African countries, for an intensive course on the foreign policy of the Holy See. Their instructors included the heads of Vatican diplomacy. They left again enthusiastic. It is on their continent that Catholicism is growing most vigorously

Catholic sex abuse crisis far from over in Vermont
In Diocese of Burlington, the worst is yet to come

German Lutherans Poised to Elect Active Homosexual Bishop

Cross-dressing students get 'transvestite toilet',
ten percent at Thai school say they're transgendered

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