Notes List: December 2009
Lifeboats on the Tiber
Anglican prelates are already dropping hints that they are seriously considering taking up Pope Benedict's offer to help them across the Tiber.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.Reaching for the Panic Button
In response to the Pope's magnanimous gesture toward those Anglicans who are seeking full communion with Rome, liberal Catholics are flailing, panic-stricken.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.Bishops Banning Bishops
Two bishops in two separate dioceses have prevented brother bishops from making public appearances on Catholic property in their home dioceses.
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Among the nations of the Old World only the Vatican raises her lonely voice against the enshrinement of immorality into law and as a result becomes the target of public scorn and ridicule.
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The Church's teaching office is highly centralized, but her finances are highly decentralized -- making for a system prone to mismanagement and abuse.