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Remembering Paul VI, the superhuman pope
Posted on Aug 8, 2008 05:00am CST.| All Things Catholic by John L. Allen, Jr. | |
| Friday, August 8, 2008 - Vol. 7, No. 46 | |
A two-part dramatic miniseries on Pope Paul VI is slated for Italian national TV this fall, marking the 30th anniversary of his death in August 1978. Corriere della Sera, Italy's main daily, reports that eight million Euro are being pumped into the project, which is hardly surprising given the mammoth ratings success of earlier miniseries about the popes between whom Paul VI was sandwiched: John XXIII and John Paul II.
Transcript of Benedict XVI's Q&A with priests in northern Italy
Posted on Aug 8, 2008 11:45am CST.The morning of Wednesday, August 6, Pope Benedict XVI met with some 400 priests of the diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone in the local cathedral. He was welcomed by the local bishop, made some brief opening remarks, and then took six questions. The pope spoke in German and Italian; the following is a rush NCR translation of the transcript of the exchange released this morning by the Vatican.
