It rained very hard here this evening.  You can nearly here the grass turning greener.

Translations are the plague of the modern Church.   We know that several documents have been delayed because of translation problems.  Some have been amended.  Many people study and quote documents without knowing what the really say because of the discontinuity … Continue reading →

In the South China Morning Post there have been articles reacting to recent Sino-Vatican issues.
On 1 July in the SCMP we find that Liu Bainian , deputy chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, said he had not read the … Continue reading →

There was a large increase in 2006 in famous “Peter’s Pence” donations to the Holy See.
This is the collection taken up on or around the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
In 2005 Peter’s Pence brought in USA$ 59,441,654.64
In 2006 Peter’s … Continue reading →