April sees us turn our backs to the wet month that was March and with there being no Easter season this year in this month, the focus now turns pastorally to the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation......and gay marriage begins this months recollection of postings, Cardinal Brady believes that confession has now become the forgotten sacrament, insight into the life of a RC ordained female priest, German Jews sever ties with Il Papa, old wine in new skins with deployment of closed church relics into new ones...
...Divine Mercy Congress opens in Rome, Qatar 1st RC church opens, Papal Intentions for April, 3rd Anniversary of death of JPII, RC India facing shortage of nuns, Vatican considers role of grandparents, thieves burgle Irish RC churches and presbyteries, Sotto Voce takes leave of absence...
...German RC church used Nazi labour, death of AB Little of Melbourne, Papal message for vocations day, Brazilian rainforest condoms, Coptic Pope searched at London Airport, Welsh Church rejects women bishops, RC bishop denies Holocaust...
...Papal visit to Mexico in 2009 (?), gay RC to protest papal US visit, erotic Jesus art in Austria sparks controversy, Il Papa NO to Aussie WYD vestments, Polish bishops want JP II's heart in Poland, women enter RC priesthood in defiance of Rome...
...Aussie RC bishop says Il Papa wrong on condoms, RC Diocese of Montreal needs funds, papal itinerary for USA, Il Papa and European Unity, launch of Irish RC vocations year...
...Papal US visit begins, Anglican clergy being bullied by congregations, ex-Bishop new president in Paraguay, Irish priest asks parishoners to ignore professional beggars, Irish RC Church still owes €50 million to settle abuse debt, missing Brazilian priest...
...WYD costs millions, SSPX no to Vatican reconciliation, secret life of Ireland's clerics, Newman for beatification, Aussie RC bishop says RC church a dictatorship not a democracy, ordination of Aussie female bishop, singing Irish priests sign deal for £1 million, hoax weeping statue hoaxer in court, Holy Land is safe to visit...
...St George a human rights campaigner, Papal no to Euro Parliament invite, Padre Pio encased in glass for public display, Slovak bishop celebrated Mass for fascist leader, Pell for the Vatican (?), RC priests warned about taking homilies off the net, Orthodox Easter celebrated, Il Papa ordains 29 new priests for service...
...RC and contraception, reforming the Vatican, Il Papa health is fine says Vatican, France trip happening for Il Papa, Church of England NO to female bishops for 4 years, AB Tutu calls for Olympics boycott, RC Italy lacks religious knowledge, mixed papal signals, US Papal visit to cost millions, Moscow contract on JPII, new Irish nuncio...
...and there ends month of April CW postings...certainly not as busy as previous months due to Sotto Voce being unavailable and hopefully he back within next 2 weeks...