... the Church of England, and with what they see as the failure of their leadership to discipline the transgressors. Under Benedict's unprecedented arrangement, bishops and whole dioceses and parishes could ... a few past points of contention. That is revolutionary -- and unexpected from a pope like Benedict. It could encourage the view, which he and other conservatives say they reject, that all ...

... by David Gibson, keeping the original title, Is Pope Benedict a closet liberal? I just about choked on my breakfast ... initiative came not from Rome but from King James I, who wrote to Pope Pius V offering to recognise his spiritual ... declaring: More important, with the latest accommodation to Anglicans, Benedict has signaled that the standards for what it means to be Catholic -- such as the belief ...

... /Osservatore Romano (VATICAN POLITICS RELIGION) Pope Benedict XVI leads his Wednesday general ... REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN RELIGION) Pope Benedict XVI stands with his secretary Monsignor ... /Osservatore Romano (ITALY POLITICS RELIGION) Pope Benedict XVI (L) blesses to faithful ... lifts the drape with the Vatican's symbol as Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his weekly ...

... , seemingly designed to provoke controversy (for instance, claiming that Pope Benedict hopes to gather all the "bigots," & ... came from writers who are regarded as experts on the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict, yet who seem incapable of getting basic facts, much less interpretations, correct. David Gibson's article "Is Pope Benedict a closet liberal?" is a case in point. ...

Church must adapt to the way media are impacting culture, pope says By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN ... to proclaim the Gospel to people of the third millennium," the pope said Oct. 29 during a meeting with members of the Pontifical Council ... by taking advantage of the new technology and new attitudes toward communications. Pope Benedict said one of the marks of the new media culture is ...

... in this morning's Wall Street Journal concerning Pope Benedict's new ordinariate for orthodox Anglicans. In ... modern liturgy. Yet according to the theologian Tracey Rowland, one of the pope's most informed and accessible scholarly interpreters, ... By sanctioning the current trend toward liturgical diversity, Benedict is leading his church forward in the spirit of its oldest traditions. ...