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In the January-February 2024 issue of Inside the Vatican, we follow from beginning to end the Vatican "Trial of the Century" which convicted curial Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight others after 30 months and 600 courtroom hours; we profile our annual Top Ten personalities of 2023 — Shining Lights in an Often-dark Sky; American Cardinal James [...]
We are about to have a live podcast discussing a newly discovered writing of Cardinal Victor Fernandez, which has just been rediscovered and is causing considerable controversy. The podcast will begin in about 20 minutes. Here is the link to watch live on YouTube (link). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXf_LvQbaEg&ab_channel=UrbietOrbiCommunications
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issues new clarification on blessings for gay and irregular couples January 4, 2024 In Rome, at noon today, a new text (link) has just appeared attempting to explain the Vatican's controversial position on the blessing of same-sex couples. Entitled "Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith: Press release [...]
This area (above) of the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem has become the object of a struggle which today led to violence in Jerusalem. Here below are two screen shots of an "urgent communique" about the dispute posted on the Armenian Patriarchates website today at this link. Letter #184, 2023, Thursday, December 28: Armenian Quarter [...]
A sheet containing the first verse of the hymn Silent Night prepared for a Christmas dinner in Washington, D.C. in December 2014, more than nine years ago Letter #183, 2023, Thursday, December 28: Memory of a Hymn I received in my email today a link to the Christmas Homily delivered by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, [...]
Pope Benedict XVI, who died at the age of 94 on December 31 last year, and Peter Seewald, a German writer who worked with Benedict for 25 years to produce a number of book-length interviews which became best-sellers "As a South American and a Jesuit, he (Pope Francis) has erased much of what was precious [...]
A text from St. Peter's First Letter, in which he speaks of what we must do when there is a crisis of faith in the Church "Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girt up, being sober, trust perfectly in the grace which is offered you in the revelation of Jesus Christ, As children of [...]
Standing on the right, Alessandro Diddi, the prominent Italian defense attorney who changed roles and became the chief prosecutor in the Vatican's "trial of the century." He has now filed a curious appeal against the verdict... Letter #180, 2023, Saturday, December 23: Trial #5 -- After the Guilty Verdicts, Appeals (also by the Prosecutor) On [...]
