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Notes List: December 2009

Lifeboats on the Tiber

Anglican prelates are already dropping hints that they are seriously considering taking up Pope Benedict's offer to help them across the Tiber.

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Reaching for the Panic Button

In response to the Pope's magnanimous gesture toward those Anglicans who are seeking full communion with Rome, liberal Catholics are flailing, panic-stricken.

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Bishops Banning Bishops

Two bishops in two separate dioceses have prevented brother bishops from making public appearances on Catholic property in their home dioceses.

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