Publication of pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith
Official recognition of the liturgical practices of the Neocatechumenal Way
Benedict XVI will create 22 new cardinals

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France: A stamp will be issued in honor of Joan of Arc
France: Bishop Jacques Perrier rebuilds the pools at Lourdes
Switzerland: Diocesan Priests on an Inexorable Decline?
Egypt: Salafis Draw up the Outline of an Islamic State
Nigeria: Dialogue to Fight against Terrorism

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Society of Saint Pius X: Bishop Fellay’s response to Cardinal Levada being studied in Rome

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Exclusive:  “Magisterium or living tradition?”,  Fr. Gleize denounces a false dilemma

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The last general audience of 2011 dedicated to the Holy Family

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Nigeria:  start of “ethnic and religious cleansing”
Catholics and Lutherans together for the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reform !
Indonesia: A Statue of the Virgin Mary Decapitated
Lebanon: The Maronite Patriarchate Fears for the Future of Christians in the Middle East
United States: Father of Two Children, the Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Resigns

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Fr. Patrick Troadec on His Book The Catholic Family (Clovis)

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Letter to Friends and Benefactors no 79
1412-2012, St. Joan of Arc, Herald of the Social Kingship of Christ

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“We want only one thing: to attack the real problem in the present crisis”
Debate about Vatican II:  Fr. Gleize responds to Msgr. Ocariz

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Benedict XVI encourages the new evangelization
Benedict XVI Announces a “Year of Faith” Based on Vatican Council II
According to Rabbi Rosen, the Society of St. Pius X’s Return Should Not Be an Obstacle to  Judeo-Christian Dialogue
Europe Faced with “a Growing Sterility of Vocations”

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France: The Bishops Realize That the Anti-Christianophobia Movement Reaches Their Own Faithful
Holy Land: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Authorizes the Tridentine Mass
Syria: “We are afraid of the Islamists . . . they are exclusivist!”
Belgium: A church soon to be turned into a fruit and vegetable market
Ireland: The faithful are losing faith in the Catholic Church
An Ignatian Retreat in the Philippines

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Assisi 1986 – 2011: reform in continuity
Commentary: Reflections on the presence of atheists in Assisi

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France: Italian View of Christianophobia
Switzerland: Prestigious Exhibit of Sixteenth Century Fribourg Sculpture
Canada: The Catholic Church Reiterates Its Confidence in Its Development and Peace Organization
France: Court Cancels the Permit to Build the Mosque in Marseille
Austria: Creation of an Inter-religious Center in Vienna
Egypt: Cardinal Naguib Denounces the Rise of the Islamists

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Official program for the interreligious meeting in Assisi (October 27, 2011)
Departure of the Founder of News Agency Zenit

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France: Interfaith Events Held in the Spirit of Assisi
Turkey: No Restitution of Church Property to the Catholic Church … but a Restoration
England: BBC Replaces “Before and After Christ” with “before and after the Common Era”
Italy: Exhibition of Filippino Lippi and Sandro Botticelli in Rome

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Society of St. Pius X: Prayers of reparation for the interreligious meeting in Assisi

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Great Britain : The Bishops Re-establish Friday Abstinence
Switzerland:  Priests Have Diminished by Half since 1970
Europe: The Alarming Situation of Catholicism, According to Cardinal Erdö

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Italy : Meeting of Superiors of the Society of St. Pius X
Germany : Interview with Fr. Niklaus Pfluger
Society of Saint Pius X:  Return to the Seminaries

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Petition to Pope Benedict XVI for a more in-depth examination of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council

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Special Dossier : The third pastoral journey of Benedict XVI to Germany (September 22-25, 2011)

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Ireland: The Bishop Emeritus of Derry Against Priestly Celibacy
Austria: Catholics Denounce Dissenting “Priests’ Initiative”
United States: A Rector Refuses Altar Girls
Italy: The Statue of John Paul II To Be Modified
Brazil: The Number of Catholics at its Lowest
Canada: The Cathedral of Moncton May Be Destroyed

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Italy: A Meeting of the Superiors of the Society of St. Pius X in Albano
The Kingship of Christ, The 2011 Angelus Press Conference (October 7 – 9)

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Holy See Press Release (continuation of page 1)
Interview with Bishop Bernard Fellay after his meeting with Cardinal William Levada

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The Madrid World Youth Days: Continuity and Changes

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Vatican Council II: a Debate That Has Not Taken Place, by Msgr. Brunero Gherardini

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The Metropolitan Mission for a new evangelisation of Europe
The first “Ratzinger Prize” awarded to a patrologist and two theologians

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Spain:  Preparations for World Youth Day 2011
Spain:  Special exhibit on Christ at the Prado
France: Canal+ exposes the underside of the halal market
United States: New statement in favor of the role of Pius XII during the war
Switzerland:  The European Court rejects two appeals against the prohibition of minarets
Quebec: Parishioners demonstrate against church closing

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World Youth Day, From Catholicism to Counterchurch

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An initial evaluation of the outcome of the talks with Rome and of some agitation in the traditionalist world Davide Pagliarani, Italian District Superior

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