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		<title>Pope tweaks canon law for diaconate, marriages of Catholics who defect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic World News
Pope Benedict XVI has revised two provisions of the Code of Canon Law. With a motu proprio entitled Omnium in Mentem, the Pope tightened the definition of the ministry exercised by deacons, and eliminated a canonical provision that had set out different rules for the validity of marriages involving Catholics who have “formally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3796&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. John of the Cross never used the term &#8216;dark night of the soul&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virgin, weighed
With the Word of God,
Comes down the road:
if only you will shelter her!
Quatrain written for Christmas
St. John of the Cross
In 2006, an interesting article about St. John of the Cross appeared in America magazine with the aim to clarify mistaken notions of the great Carmelite priest and doctor of the Church. Here&#8217;s an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3785&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pope expresses &#8216;outrage, betrayal and shame&#8217; to Irish bishops about abuse report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by Pope John Paul II to the US bishops concerning the US clerical sex abuse crisis in April 2002:
“people need to know that there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young.”
More than seven years following that statement, the present pontiff met with Irish bishops December [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3777&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gift-giving ideas include Pope&#8217;s Christmas CD</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alma Mater (released Nov. 29, 2009) is the first recording featuring a singing Pontiff. (ok, it&#8217;s just a few phrases of Regina Coeli, according to one reviewer). Available through Amazon and Ignatius Press. You can download MP3 files of individual songs on Amazon. I downloaded Regina Coeli, and I have to say the Pope&#8217;s voice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3744&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mary and the unique ministry of priests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2003, in a homily for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dominican Father Romanus Cessario focused on the priesthood and the role of the Blessed Virgin. A version of this homily was published by Zenit.
Excerpt:
Those who reject Mary&#8217;s maternal mediation, also likely reject other forms of mediation in the Church, especially that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3737&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican &#8216;Midnight Mass&#8217; starts at 10pm</title>
		<link>http://4thepriests.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/vatican-midnight-mass-starts-at-10pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic World News (Dec. 7, 2009)
PopeBenedict XVI will celebrate Mass on Christmas Eve beginning at 10 pm rather than at midnight, the Vatican has announced. The scheduling change, which was made several weeks ago, was explained as a way “to tire the Pope a bit less.”
The Eucharistic celebration is now expected to end at around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3727&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pope calls on Mother of the Lord to help us in time of Advent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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From Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s Sunday Angelus message (in which he looks to be in remarkably good health and spirits!):
&#8220;Dear friends, the most beautiful flower to sprout from the word of God is the Virgin Mary. She is the beginning of the Church, the garden of God on earth.&#8221; But, added the Pope, while Mary is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3711&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>13th Day Fatima movie shines with depiction of heroic &#8216;baby,&#8217; Francisco</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the singular exception of the depiction of the character, Blessed Francisco Marto, those familiar with the story of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima, Portugal in 1917 probably will not find any new illuminations within the latest feature film version, The 13th Day. But I&#8217;m still purchasing copies to give as Christmas gifts. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3686&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poker-playing priest played in the &#8216;final 4&#8242; $1million stakes; stay tuned for results Dec. 27</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think I represented the church well and the priesthood well, which was my main goal.
Whether I won or lost, I think my parishioners will be proud of me.&#8221;
Fr. Andrew Trapp

UPDATE Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) reports December 7 that he cannot discuss the outcome of the weekend match until it airs on December 27.
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3678&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>13th Day DVD released; pre-orders are hitting homes this week</title>
		<link>http://4thepriests.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/13th-day-dvd-released-pre-orders-are-hitting-homes-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of its theatrical release October 13, the movie, The 13th Day, is officially released in North America on December 1, according to the movie&#8217;s web site;  copies can be purchased via Ignatius Press and Amazon.  The DVDs will only play in Region 1 (Canada &#38; US) encoded players only. The 13th Day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4thepriests.wordpress.com&blog=7024203&post=3655&subd=4thepriests&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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