Some recent news highlights...
* Good news: The newly elected future Speaker of the House, John Boehner, a Catholic and 'faithful defender of unborn children', says he wants to be the "most pro-life Speaker ever", according to a LifeNews.com report [Related: Pro-Life Topic Page]
* The planned (illicit) ordination of a bishop in China by the government-backed 'Catholic Patriotic Association' (CPA) will apparently proceed despite the Vatican's disapproval. Cardinal Joseph Zen called the ordination "really shameful", according to a Fox News report
* Archbishop Dolan has been formally installed as president of the USCCB. He will serve a three year term at the helm of the U.S. bishops' conference
* Reports are circulating that Summorum Pontificum is a 'dead letter' in Scotland. Apparently, Catholics' requests for the TLM are being denied there, despite the 7/07 papal document [Related: The Traditional Latin Mass vs. the Novus Ordo (New) Mass]
* A statement has been released regarding the future Ordinariate in England and Wales which indicates that "In collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in Rome, the Bishops of England and Wales have been preparing for the establishment of an Ordinariate early in January 2011." Some converting Anglican leaders will reportedly be ordained "prior to Lent" in 2011 [Related: Anglicanorum Coetibus]
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