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...shouldn't they instead be commending Hatch and Mack for being thoughtful and broad-minded and humane, for proposing a kind of Solomonic compromise on a difficult issue? A compromise which will not please the Vatican, but one which will make sense to millions of Americans...
WEBLORE The Vatican may broadcast Mass on TV, but don't expect online confessionals any time soon. The Vatican last week nixed all hope of digital forgiveness, saying the sacrament has to be up close and personal...
...Biema: In terms of healing the rift, the ultimate goal has to be rapprochement between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church. And you have to ask whether this trip, against the wishes of the Russian Orthodox patriarch, is ultimately going to make it easier or more difficult to heal the rift with the Russian church. Is it going to make the Russian church more open, following the experience of the pope's visits to Greece and Rumania and now Ukraine, to Rome, or more hostile? That remains to be seen...
...Ukraine trip is certainly a lot more complicated than the Greek trip. In Greece, the pope was able to turn animosity against the Vatican into a more positive feeling by apologizing for the sacking of Constantinople. But the difficult relations between Catholics and the Orthodox in the Ukraine are much more recent and more complex. They won't easily be ameliorated in a rhetorical stroke...
This is Waldman's audience. No single demographic describes those engaged in the search for religion, for meaning or comfort. If I were a hard-core Catholic, I could spend days knocking around the Vatican's site. If I were a Muslim woman in need of advice on Koranic law or codes of dress, I could try the Niqaabi Club on which Muslim women worldwide can counsel or debate each other. If I were a Hindu - male or female - I could dive into the "Fatwa Bank," catch up on the latest news or find out which movies are "suitable...