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...first time in history, we are no longer on top.' MONSIGNOR VITTORIO FORMENTI, on new Vatican data indicating that Catholics are no longer the world's largest religious group. Muslims now make up 19.2% of the population, while Catholics constitute...
...first time in history, we are no longer on top.' MONSIGNOR VITTORIO FORMENTI, on new Vatican data indicating that Catholics are no longer the world's largest religious group. Muslims now make up 19.2% of the population, while Catholics constitute...
...drawing from their own people, and that's part of who we are as Catholics," says Monsignor Edward Burns, head of priestly and vocational services for the bishops conference. "We need to identify the future leaders of the church, and just as the parish comes forth and celebrates with bread and wine and the sacraments, sometimes parents in a community feel this need to pray and say to God, if you want one of my sons to serve you, by all means touch his heart...
...fire." Still, there is a sense that something is changing in Rome, which for decades has focused all dialogue with other faiths on "finding common ground." Asked at Friday's press conference if the conversation between the Catholic Church and Muslims is bound to get more frank, Monsignor Pier Luigi Celata, secretary of the Vatican's pontifical council for inter-religious dialogue, said: "We have to go forward, with more courage than before. This was necessary...
...Cardinal, of course, denies all. Why, he contends, in a videotaped deposition that Berg has unearthed, he barely knew the man and has no useful memories of him - so many priests under his command, so little time. He has an equally slippery monsignor supporting this claim. Berg has also found letters from Mahoney to O?Grady that suggest he was closer to the priest than he has been letting on. The videotapes are particularly damning. It is fascinating to observe a Prince of the Church rather obviously not telling the whole truth. What a porous recall the man enjoys...