Cross Wires: Monday headlines
The latest Catholic news and views
Pope Benedict XVI yesterday remembered the victims of Iran’s violent quake as well as those impacted by unusually heavy rains in the Philippines and China.
Vatican to decide fate of Pope’s butler today.
US Catholic nuns to talk with bishops, Vatican.
Scores of Catholics in Zambia attended a solidality Mass yesterday for deported priest Fr Banyangandola.
Poor reading culture affecting growth of the Catholic Church, says Bishop on Ghana.
OLYMPICS
Virgin Mary ‘crosses the finish line’ with Olympic gold runner.
OPINION
What do we mean by the ‘Real Presence?’
Will US Republican Presidential candidate Romney’s VP pick win Catholic voters?
AND FINALLY
No joke: Dolan-Colbert ‘Catholic comedy slam’ gets media blackout.
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Re American vice-presidential candidates. Guess what! For the first time both candidates for vice-president are Roman Catholics. And interestingly enough,both have had a few public disputes with the bishops. VP Biden has even been denied communion in two or three ecclesiatical jurisdictions, under Canon 915 becuase of his stands on abortion and same-sex marriage. (He is allowed to receive,both in Washington,DC,and in home diocese of Wilmington,DE.) Ryan has engaged in some public debates with Cardinal Dolan and others on social welfare and budget issues.