Terasanta
Gethsemane
Basilica: the restoration works begin
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ICN
New
guide for pilgrims to Holy Island
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Jcnews
Pope
to honour interfaith pioneer Goldbloom
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NCR
Three
tensions beneath the latest Vatican dispute
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Vaticaninsider
The
Vatican must adopt anti-leaks systems
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Terasanta
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… Church of all Nations… documentation, to determine the parts
of the mosaics that are most heavily damaged and to select the appropriate
materials for the restoration… cleaning
and the actual restoration …mosaics within the church … (&) on the façade…
dating from the 1920s (&) … from the Byzantine era… on the floor … support
of ATS pro Terra Sancta … Italian-Palestinian … Palestinian Municipalities
Support Program … Rovereto is the Italian
municipality … Mosaic Center of Jericho.
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Taking holidaymakers ‘beyond the tourist trail’ …multi-agency
faith tourism … prayers and practical information … 12-page 'Holy Island of Lindisfarne Pilgrim … England’s ‘cradle of Christianity’. ….
Lindisfarne Scriptorium produces inspirational
artwork and publications by Mary Fleeson … Lindisfarne Scriptorium and Clive Price Media hope to
publish Pilgrim Guide brochures for other sacred places…
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Jcnews
Pope to honour interfaith pioneer Goldbloom, by Janice
Arnold, May 21
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Dr. Victor Goldbloom is being
recognized by the Vatican for his lifelong leadership in promoting
Catholic-Jewish relations…. will receive the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St.
Sylvester Pope and Martyr… a minority of
non-Catholics and small number of Jews worldwide to be so honoured…
Oskar Schindler, … Bob
Hope; Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, and Archduke Otto
von Habsburg … interfaith work began more than 50 years ago, when he was “an
ordinary practising pediatrician … Among the many
friendships …Cardinal Turcotte… Christian
and a Jew being honoured at the same Sept. 4 event.
It marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council…
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… departments of the Holy See …
some are obviously more equal than others. Near the bottom of the pile are the
pontifical academies… Pontifical Academy for Life … fairly ordinary Catholic
figures, along with some of the most outspoken … by the standards of the
Vatican, where the cult of the bella figura usually means keeping internal tensions under wraps…
abortion and gay marriage generally don't command the same pride of place in
European Catholic consciousness that they do in the States… root contrast in
Catholic psychology with regard to how the church engages the outside world…
premium on argument, striving to convert the church's opponents … dialogue and to seek understanding… changing
hearts and minds….
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Vaticaninsider
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… bishop has been demoted to a lay
state … Raymond Lahey, Bishop of Antagonish…
the first time that a punishment of this sort … at the end of a canonical
trial. … head of the Episcopal Conference was removed
and replaced. … early resignations of 54-year-old
archbishop Paulin Pomodino
of Bangui and of Bishop François-Xavier Yombandje,
who retired at the age of 52. … moral attitude not
always in conformity with his commitment to follow Christ in chastity, poverty
and obedience… many among the local clergy had children… Australian dissident
bishop William Morris was substituted …expressed ideas contrasting with those
of the magisterium … similar episodes… ignored by the
media… document leaks. … response from the head of the
Secretary of State has been weak, to use a euphemism. … not
all those who work near the Pope are loyal… Once upon a time faith was enough. Not
anymore.
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