Catholic News Headlines / Links [7-26-10]

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Apostolic Vatican Library to reopen on September 20 [7/26]

New Irish bishop says "The surgeon’s knife has been painful but necessary. A lot of evil and poison has been excised. There comes a time when the surgeon’s knife has done what it can, is put away and a regime of rehabilitation for the patient is put in place" [7/26]

Pope Benedict's "working vacation" [7/26]

British representative on complexity of papal visits: "[P]eople had perhaps underestimated the complexity involved in fitting together the state visit aspect and the pastoral aspects as if they were a seamless whole. Its incomparably more difficult arranging the state visit of the Holy Father than arranging the state visit of even President Obama. President Obama doesn’t go out and meet one hundred thousand people at an open air venue. The difficulties in getting all this together, were I think a little underestimated, but now I think we’re on top of things" [7/26]

Pope Benedict appoints members of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints [7/26]

Thousands of Irish pilgrims complete traditional Croagh Patrick climb [7/26]

Power outage at USCCB [7/26]

Vicar General of Vatican City calls on families to "wake up" and love each other; Says we are experiencing "an emergency of the family" and that all families should be missionary, announcing "that which is God's plan for the family, that they courageously give witness to it" [7/26]

Philippine bishops issue statement affirming government's obligation to follow the moral law [7/26]

Pre-release screenings of new documentary on Archbishop Fulton Sheen being shown "across the country"
[7/26]

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