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Fragments of an Analysis

Posted on 20 November 2009

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe — and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.  —Blaise Pascal.

Lights and Shadows

And so it comes to the time of leaving, and of summing up.

Who can sum up…

Kazan and Fatima

Posted on 18 November 2009

The icon we are going to see is the icon of Our Lady of Kazan.

It is the icon which was kept by Pope John Paul II in his own apartment for 11 years, from 1993 to 2004. I personally saw…

Out of the Depths

Posted on 13 November 2009

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my prayer…” —King David, Psalm 130.

World Premiere in Moscow

It was called “A Song of Ascents,” and the song did rise, inexorably, from a first, lonely, low note from…

A Walk By Night

Posted on 11 November 2009

I am in Russia — not Rome. Why?

Because, born in the middle of the 20th century, no country has seemed more mysterious, more romantic, and, yes, more vaguely sinister, to me than Russia: Holy Russia, cultured Russia, the Russia of…

Rome Calling London

Posted on 10 November 2009

[Yesterday there was] historic news: the Vatican has issued the official text of the document, Anglicanorum Coetibus (”Groups of Anglicans”) which sets up an unprecedented structure to allow Anglican congregations to reunite with Rome but still keep their Anglican traditions.

This will…

Movement on all Fronts

Posted on 27 October 2009

The talks began, Monday, October 26.

On this historic Monday, unprecedented high-level theological discussions between representatives of the Society of St. Pius X and of the Holy See got underway to discuss “all the unresolved doctrinal questions” (”grandi temi dottrinali non…

Cardinal Turkson Will Come to Rome

Posted on 26 October 2009

First, the breaking news — Cardinal Peter Turkson, 61, the Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, the eloquent “relator” or general secretary of this month’s Synod for Africa, will succeed Cardinal Renato Martino (photo below), 77, as the head of the Vatican’s…

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Posted on 24 October 2009

About 200 African bishops have been meeting in Rome since the beginning of October. [On Friday,] they released their final message. What were the main points?

“Where Is the Shame?”

I attended the Vatican press conference this morning which presented the final…

An Ordinary Wednesday in Rome

Posted on 22 October 2009

This evening I was invited to dine, along with a dozen other journalists, with Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, 61, the Archbishop of Cape Coast in Ghana, in West Africa.

Turkson is not just any cardinal.

He is the youngest African cardinal.…

Formal Theological Discussions about Vatican II Set to Begin

Posted on 19 October 2009

"The first real task of the Council was to overcome the indolent, euphoric feeling that all was well with the Church, and to bring into the open the problems smoldering within." —Father Joseph Ratzinger, in a talk on the Second…

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