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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 [...]

DICI 248

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The last general audience of 2011 dedicated to the Holy Family
THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD
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: [...]

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Switzerland: A bishop Takes a Stand against Sexual Education at School and Relativizes Human Rights
Egypt: The victory of the Islamist parties worries the Copts

DOCUMENTS
“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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DICI 245

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

DICI 243

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Official program for the interreligious meeting in Assisi (October 27, 2011)
Departure of the Founder of News Agency Zenit
THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD
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 [...]

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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
NEWS FROM TRADITION
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
DOCUMENT
Petition [...]

DICI 241

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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: [...]

DICI 240

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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
DOCUMENT
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 [...]

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