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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