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Now that we can move onto other interesting parts of the Pope s interview in Light of the World I haven t seen any comment on what Pope Benedict says about the Church in China It seems poignant in the light of today s news -- a powerful Vatican condemnation of a state-appointed Catholic bishop In

I ve written here often about the Archbishop of Canterbury s game-plan for saving the Anglican Communion known as the Covenant It is his response to the fallout over the 2004 consecration of Gene Robinson which saw the 70m-strong Anglican Church worldwide begin what has seemed at times an inexora

Yesterday s Vatican clarification -- one that quite exceptionally was made by its spokesman Fr Lombardi by reporting the Pope s answer to his question leaving no room for doubt nbsp -- is as Fr Jim says a gamechanger in Fr Tom Reese s words it blasts out of the water the notion that condom