CATHOLIC NEWS: Pope to appoint groundbreaking representative to Vietnam... PLUS 2 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Pope to appoint groundbreaking representative to Vietnam... PLUS 2 MORE

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Pope to appoint groundbreaking representative to Vietnam

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:08 PM PDT

Vatican City, Jun 26, 2010 / 02:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A communique released by the Holy See's Press Office on Saturday describes meetings that took place between delegations from the Vatican and Vietnam this week. A major outcome of the meetings is that the two sides have agreed to the papal appointment of a "non-resident representative to the Holy See from Vietnam" to ta.

Diplo-Notes, Year-End Edition

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 04:06 PM PDT

As the Vatican year winds down, the Holy See's diplomatic apparatus is closing out for the summer on an impressive high note... or a few. For starters, building on the recent inroads made by the Cuban church with the island's Communist government, earlier this week Rome's "foreign minister" Archbishop Dominique Mamberti visited Havana...

Five Disciplines of Discipleship

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 08:05 PM PDT

The first observation for this Sunday's Gospel is that it provides a kind of remedy for the sappy portraits of Jesus that seem to predominate today. Such portraits present Jesus as the quintessential "nice guy" whose main task was to affirm people, befriend the poor and generally be "nice." It is a true fact that...