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E Gesu Pianse (Italian translation of post 'Jesus Wept')

Gesu pianse...

Secondo un'articolo che e apparso in un'edizione speciale del giornale cattolico italiano Avvenire (19 marzo 2008) per segnalare la morte di Chiara Lubich, 'Hanno [i focolarini:] deciso, "Niente lacrime a Roma [ai funerali della Lubich:] perche non e morta. Vive per sempre in tutti noi." ' Piuttosto che dare una testimonianza della vita eterna ai milioni che hanno seguito la trasmissione in diretta su RAI 1 o sull'internet (e si suppone che questo era l'intenzione dei capi focolar...

Jesus Wept...

(This is an article I wrote immediately after watching the live internet broadcast of the funeral of Chiara Lubich, Founder of the Focolare Movement.)

According to an article that appeared in a special edition of the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire (19 March 2008) to mark the death of Chiara Lubich, 'They [the focolarini:] decided, "No tears in Rome [at Chiara's funeral:] because she is not dead. She lives for ever in all of us." ' Rather than giving a witness to the millions who followed the li...

New Pontifical Council: in the midst of scandal, the New Movements more than ever the Great White Hope of the Vatican

On 28th June, Pope Benedict XVI announced the foundation of the first new Vatican organisation of his reign, indeed the first of its kind to be created in a quarter of a century. This year has seen what has probably been one of the most difficult periods in the history of the modern papacy. A beleaguered Vatican has struggled to respond to accusations from around the world relating to the paedophile priests scandal and attempts to hush it up. The Pontiff himself has been implicated - both ...