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17th April 2010: Deacon Peter Wood to be ordained to the priesthood on 30th July in St Carthage's Cathedral Lismore. The time of the ordination Mass has not been announced.
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15th April 2010: Letter from Vatican on the approaching end of the Year for Priests. "Here is the letter sent to all priests by Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, in anticipation of the closing of the priestly year." Read it here.
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14th April 2010: Reflecting on the teaching role of the priest, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the approaching end in June of the Year of the Priest. "Benedict XVI explained, that the priest "does not teach his own ideas, a philosophy that he himself has invented, has found and that pleases him; [...] but, in the confusion of all the philosophies, the priest teaches in the name of Christ present, he proposes the truth that is Christ himself, his word, his way of living and of going forward." See the full story here.
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12th April 2010: Vatican begins regular BLOG online. Find it here. It is a service of the Vatican Information Service.
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11th April 2010: Vatican Press Office calls media representatives to a love of the truth. Read about it here.
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9th April 2010: The Pope is not the head of a 'global firm'. "Bishop John Jukes says we cannot hope to understand the abuse crisis unless we have a clear understanding of the Church’s true nature." Read the story here.
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9th April 2010: Peruvian reporter denounces what she calls a 'witch hunt' against the Catholic Church. "Peruvian reporter Martha Meier recently published an article in the newspaper El Comercio denouncing the “witch hunt against the Catholic Church” being carried out by the media, which is attempting to smear Pope Benedict XVI over cases of sexual abuse by some members of the clergy." Read the story here.
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9th April 2010: Vatican response to letters taken out of context: "Fr. Federico Lambardi stated today that the Vatican “doesn't believe it is necessary” to respond to “every single document taken out of context.” Read the story here.
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9th April 2010: Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi asked: "How c an we "stay the course" after Holy Week in regard to sexual abuses? Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi asked in a statement released by Vatican Radio on Friday. In answer, he said, "Before all else (by) continuing to seek truth and peace for the victims." Read the story here. Read the full statement from the Vatican here.
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8th April 2010: Vatican expert refutes 6 attacks on the Pope. "Magister observed that “every time, on different terrain, striking Benedict XVI means striking the very man who has worked and is working, on that same terrain, with the greatest foresight, resolve, and success.” Read the story here.
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7th April 2010: Rabbi calls recent media attacks on Church unfair. "In an interview with CNA on Tuesday, Rabbi Jack Bemporad commented on the recent media onslaught concerning the Holy Father, calling the coverage “one dimensional” and saying that the depiction of the Church in the media has not been given “proper context.” Read it here.
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7th April 2010: New lay Catholic organisation formed to encourage priests in their life and work. “Countless priests deserve our true gratitude and love, as so many lead sacrificial and humble lives. These noble men of God need our encouragement and could be uplifted by a simple prayer and a gentle word of appreciation from us,” said Tom Peterson, founder of the group." Read the full story here.
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6th April 2010: Bishops speak out in support of the Pope. "Catholic leaders from around the world have expressed solidarity with the Pope in a united response to attempts by some media sources to connect him personally to cases of sexual abuse which reached a boiling point over Holy Week. One prelate remarked that the coincidence of the media pressure with the arrival of Easter is no accident..." The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris said "we must also notice the offensive of the audiovisual media that celebrate Easter in their way concentrating on Holy Week their criticisms of the Church and of the Christian faith." Read the full story here.
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4th April 2010: Pope Benedict's 'Urbi et Orbi' Easter message to the 'Church and the World'. Read it here.
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4th April 2010: Cardinal Angelo Sodano reassures Pope Benedict XVI of Church support in time of calumny against him. Read it from Zenit here.
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4th April 2010: Father Cantalamessa clarifies his Good Friday message which included Jewish letter: read it here.
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2nd April 2010: "We are with Peter..." said Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, during a Mass with members of the Italian parliament. In a Zenit report, we read "Countless bishops from across the globe have weighed in to support Benedict XVI as he is slandered by media accusations regarding the sex abuse scandal." Read the story here. The article goes on to say "They agree that a campaign in under way to discredit the Church and they are calling Catholics to prayer and communion with the Vicar of Christ." You might also like to read the words of Cardinal Scola, Patriarch of Venice here.
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2nd April 2010: Media misquote Father Cantalamessa, retreat preacher to the Papal Household: read his full Good Friday homily here - and see what he actually said.
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31st March 2010: "In a statement released on the Vatican website, Cardinal William J. Levada charged that the recent media attacks on the Holy Father by the New York Times concerning sex abuse within the Church are “deficient by any  reasonable standards of fairness” that American readers have come to expect from major media outlets." Cardinal Levada is the successor of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Read this excellent article from CNA (Catholic News Agency) here.
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31st March 2010: Common ground on secularization emerging: "The ambassadors to the Holy See from Egypt, Turkey and the United States took up that task earlier this month in a conference dedicated to one of the more pressing and polemic political issues today -- the relationship between Islam, Christianity and civic life." See the story in Zenit here.
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30th March 2010: Pope Benedict XVI recalls the "unshakeable faith of Pope John Paul II" in a Mass to mark the 5th anniversary of his death. Read it here.
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30th March 2010: Western discrimination: "Religion is seen as something antiquated that impedes development and scientific progress". See the story in Zenit about comments from the Holy See observer at the U.N. in Geneva here.
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27th March 2010: follow-up to the Pope's Letter to the people of Ireland - statement by Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi - read it here
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25th March 2010: Concerning the latest media misinformation about Pope Benedict from his days as Cardinal Ratzinger - in the matter of Rev Lawrence Murphy - read the truth from the official Vatican spokesman here.
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24th March 2010: Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney has replied to to those making false claims about the Pope concerning European child abuse claims: Read the true story as printed in the 'Australian' here.
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20th March 2010: Pope Benedict XVI writes to the people of Ireland. Read original text here.
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13th March 2010: SEMINARIANS: The Bishop has announced that two seminarians will be with us in the two parishes for Holy Week. Michael Esteban and Frederick Basco will be here from Tuesday in Holy Week till Easter Sunday. These young men have not served her before, so it will be an opportunity for us to get to know them a little. It will be a real benefit for us to have them for the Triduum and Easter ceremonies.
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