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...treating the meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops [RELIGION, Nov. 24] as if it were a political campaign, you mislead your readers. The church is not a democracy, nor should it be. It is a congregation of people who accept the Pope's pronouncements on faith and morals as the teachings of Christ. If a member cannot accept the doctrine, he or she should leave the church and join another religion. James H. Walter Rancho Murieta, Calif...
Many bosses of western multinationals have Asia on their minds. Though Pope Benedict XVI's global conglomerate is focused on converts, not consumers, the Roman Catholic Church also appears to be shifting its gaze eastward. The Vatican held a special meeting on Jan. 19-20 to forge a new policy on China...
...Vatican official said Benedict has been largely focused on "defense" - issues such as secularism and Islamic violence.Asia is a chance to go on the offensive. "The Pope is fundamentally European," the official notes, "but he knows the big opportunities for the future are in Asia." Benedict is expected to travel to Sydney in 2008, and could add Asian destinations to his itinerary...
...hoping to overcome a standoff over who appoints China 's Catholic bishops. The so-called Patriotic Church, which reports to Beijing, has continued to crack down on papal loyalists in China and appoint bishops without Rome's consent. The two-day meeting in Rome was another sign that the Pope is hoping a softer approach will open the door to normalization...
...finally achieved the sleek unity that is the iRevolution’s ultimate victory. And this revolution occurs at the crucial intersection of our crazed gadgetphilia and our intensifying demand to pump maximum efficiency into and out of every moment. The epic of our iCivilization shall read, to update Pope, “Music, cameras, and mobile phones lay separate hidden in the night; Jobs said, ‘Let iPhone be!’—And all was light.” But surely even this illumination casts some shadows? Even in the nineteenth century, when sheet...