Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who converted to the Catholic faith a few years ago, addressed participants at the Rimini Meeting in Italy, saying, “The voice of the Church should be heard” and “it should speak confidently, clearly and openly,” reports Catholic News Agency.
During his speech the former Prime Minister underscored, “Faith and reason [...]

By Deacon Keith Fournier (2/4/2009) Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Pray for those hurt. Pray for the members of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi. Pray for the Church. Fr. Marcial Maciel, a consecrated celibate priest, is alleged to have had a mistress, fathered at least one child and lived a double life.
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By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Strained Jewish-Catholic relations are being felt beyond the Vatican and Israel as U.S. rabbis express their displeasure with Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to lift the excommunication of a traditionalist bishop who has minimized the severity and extent of the Holocaust.
“It has been very hurtful to our Jewish partners,” [...]