Tag Archives: Vatican

AP’s cheap shot coverage of the Pope’s Butler’s unbelievably unimportant Vatican Trial of the Century!!!

Posted on 27 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Trial.  Nay rather… the Trial of the Century!  The earthquake provoking butler-who-done-it in the Vatican!
The trial of the Holy Father’s document-leaking former-valet (keep repeating: the Butler, in the Office, with a Copying Machine), is comparable to what the ancient … Continue reading →

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Saudis attempt to block Vatican bid for .catholic web addresses

Posted on 15 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Telegraph:
Saudis attempt to block Vatican plan for .catholic web addresses
By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent
The objection is one of more than 160 sent by the Saudis to ICANN, the body in charge of web addresses, over its plan to … Continue reading →

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Will entrenched Curia mandarins allow Greg Burke to do his job?

Posted on 13 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At CWR there is an article about the appointment of my friend Greg Burke as the Holy See’s new “director of communications”.
My emphases and comments.
The Vatican’s real communication problem
Greg Burke is an excellent choice for a tough assignment. But will he be … Continue reading →

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Vatican Radio ending many Short and Medium Wave broadcasts

Posted on 14 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I think this is a bad idea.
From News.va:
Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies
Announcing Vatican Radio’s intention to reduce its Short and Medium Wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July 1st, the Director General, Fr Federico Lombardi, today … Continue reading →

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Vatican opposes UN promotion of unnatural “marriage”

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The UN is trying to create a new category of human rights. We have been across this ground before (HERE and HERE).
That right, pushed by the UN, is freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. Ostensibly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, TEOTWAWKI, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Consistory?

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

CNA has this:
Vatican City, Jan 5, 2012 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican is refusing to deny media speculation that Pope Benedict XVI will announce a list of new cardinals as early as tomorrow.
“You will have to wait for … Continue reading →

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Benedictus qui pipiavit in nomine Domini

Posted on 28 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It isn’t very often that you see a Pope send a tweet.

Latin for “tweet” is pipio, -are.  A “tweet” is a pipiatio.

And this…

Technorati Tags: Benedict XVI, ipad, Twitter, Vatican, youtube

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Sneak preview of new Vatican News site

Posted on 25 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It will apparently be online from 29 June onward.
Check it out.
Here.

Technorati Tags: news.va, Vatican

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Caveat pipiator: The Vatican and Twitter

Posted on 25 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Who’s tweeting the tweeters? 
When I learned that the Vatican had launched a couple Twitter feeds, I thought was do these … folks, know what they are in for?  If this is being handled by the usual … Continue reading →

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