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A distressing reference to Cardinal Schonborn made in an article published by TIME: "The debate is unlikely to take on much steam under the current reign, though supporters of loosening the celibacy vows say that Benedict officially addressing the issue helps keep it alive for the future. One Vatican source told TIME that a surprising sign of support for the progressives on this issue may be

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From Open Book: "The 10:30 Mass at St. Peter's this morning was Mozart's Coronation Mass - Cardinal Christoph Schonborn celebrated. I thought I read somewhere that the Pope would deliver a short address at the end of Mass, but I'm not sure if that happened or not."

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LifeSiteNews: ROME, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Jesuit priest-astronomer who vocally opposed the Catholic understanding of God-directed creation, has been removed from his post as head of the Vatican observatory. Fr. George Coyne has been head of the Vatican observatory for 25 years is an expert in astrophysics with an interest in the interstellar medium, stars with extended

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Beliefnet.com: Vatican City, Aug. 21--Pope Benedict XVI has appointed a new director of the Vatican Observatory, replacing the Rev. George Coyne, a long-serving Jesuit astronomer and a vocal opponent of "intelligent design" theory. It was unclear if the replacement of Coyne, the observatory's director since 1978, reflected a sense of disapproval within the Vatican over his opposition to

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"Italian Archbishop of Bologna Carlo Caffarra (L) talks with Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn as they arrive at the Synod Hall at the Vatican. [AFP/Patrick Hertzog]"

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Pope: 300,000 expected for Saturday's meeting with movements: From AsiaNews Vatican City (AsiaNews) - Around 300,000 people from around the world are expected to turn up for a meeting between Benedict XVI and ecclesial movements, set to take place in St Peter's Square on the vigil of Pentecost. This was announced this morning by Mgr Josef Clemens, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity

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From the Denver Catholic Register: by George Weigel "During a conversation in Cracow last July, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, O.P., the archbishop of Vienna, proposed that he and I organize a conference to discuss the growing gap between America and Europe, the roots of that gap as analyzed in my book The Cube and the Cathedral, and the possibilities of strengthening the trans-Atlantic Catholic

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The Fifth Lecture was delivered on 12 February at St. Stephansdom, Vienna. Click here to read it in German. (as always, we will be linking to the English translation once it is made available.)

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From Catholic World News: May. 02 (CWNews.com) - Only by building on its rich spiritual patrimony can Europe flourish in the future. That was the message Pope Benedict XVI sent to a conference jointly organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, being held in Vienna this week. The Pope's message, conveyed by Cardinal Paul Poupard, welcomed the effort to

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From Interfax-Religion: Moscow, April 20, Interfax - An international conference called "European Meeting of Christian Culture" on the theme Give a Soul to Europe - the Mission and the Responsibility of the Churches will be held from May 3 to 5 in Vienna, Austria.It is organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. The

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From the Archdiocese of Vienna website:

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Kathpedia has an information page on Cardinal Schonborn (translated into rough English here) that we previously overlooked when creating this site. It includes, in addition to a short biography, a geneology of the other Church prelates in the Von Schonborn family tree, a list of the Cardinal Schonborn's works, as well as his contact information in Vienna. Thanks to Roland of Kath.net for the

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Cardinal Schonborn will presumably be attending the first consistory called by Pope Benedict this week, in which case it is safe to assume he is already in Rome. We here at Schonborn Sightings will be watching news coverage of the event to find any pictures or interviews with the Cardinal during his time with his fellow Princes of the Church. In the meantime, here is an informative article on

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Perhaps Cardinal Schonborn's book "Loving the Church" is perfect for you! It is an excellent way to grow closer to Jesus, to the Church, and to the thought of his Eminence this Lent. It is currently available from Amazon.com for under $10! Read a review of this book by James Likoudis. Read an excerpt from this book. Book Description: "In this series of retreat meditations preached to Pope

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Tom Kreitzberg at the Disputations blog appends a few more comments on the debate between George Coyne, S.J. and Cardinal Schonborn:Fr. George V. Coyne, SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory, reportedly gave a talk titled "Science Does Not Need God, or Does It? A Catholic Scientist Looks at Evolution" last night at a university in Florida. If that link does indeed "represent[] the essentials"

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Cardinal Schonborn has been delivering a series of catechetical lectures on Creation and Evolution since last October, in large part as a response to the controversy raised by his articles for the New York Times and First Things. The fourth lecture in this series, "He upholds the universe by His word and power" has just been translated into English. The previous lectures in this series are

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A report began circulating a week or so ago claiming that "the rector of Vienna's Catholic cathedral has instituted a ceremony to bless 'couples, fiances and people in love' including homosexual partners." The story was quickly spread by several popular news outlets, including Rueters News Service which categorized the story as an "Oddly Enough" entry (often bearing the title, "Valentine's Day

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Last week Pope Benedict XVI appointed a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Vienna: "VATICAN CITY, FEB 9, 2006 - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Franz Scharl of the clergy of the archdiocese of Vienna, Austria, pastor of the parish of Christ's Resurrection and dean of the deaconate Vienna 4/5, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 9,000, population 2,423,466, Catholics 1,360,433,

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A true Schonborn Sighting today! Cardinal Schonborn at Pope Benedict's right hand during today's general audience: Of course, the Pope was in the spotlight for most of the event. As he should be:We will link to the video coverage of this event once CTV has updated its archives.Catholic Press Photo is has more pictures of the Cardinal and Pope Benedict together.Photo credit: AP Photo, Gregorio

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Zenit covers the story: WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be available starting March 31, says the U.S. bishops' conference. The 200-page synthesis of the 1992 Catechism will be published exclusively by USCCB Publishing, the publishing office of the episcopate. USCCB Publishing will launch the Compendium in English and

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Ad multos annos! Each year, to commemorate Cardinal Schonborn's birthday, we will write a summary and analysis of his activities and work for the Church that year: Summary: A priest for 35 years, bishop for 14, and cardinal for 7, Christoph Cardinal Schonborn has been extremely active on behalf of the Church this year. In addition to his normal duties as the Archbishop of Vienna, he has been very

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Two noteworthy news items: First, this weekend marks the 250th anniversary of W. A. Mozart's birth. Cardinal Schonborn has been involved in several of the celebrations hosted in Austria to commemorate the occasion, blessing Mozart's favorite residence in Vienna yesterday, for instance. The Cardinal, like Pope Benedict XVI, is a great admirer of Mozart's music, and has written on it several

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Cardinal Schonborn recently participated in a panel discussion on Austrian national television. The topic for the philosophical debate was entitled "Schonborn, Darwin: the controversy over the evolution-theory." The show included an impressive range of panelists, and was one of the most popular philosophy segments ORF has aired in the last two years. Several German television stations have

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Gerard at Closed Cafeteria reveals some exciting news for Austrian Catholics: Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Basilica of Mariazell in September of 2007 for its 850th anniversary. Read the original story in German (it includes a nice quote of Pope Benedict: "You know, I love Austria and the Austrians.") CWNews had covered the story earlier before it was confirmed: "A trip to another Marian

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George Coyne, S.J. will criticize Cardinal Schonborn's position in a talk entitled "Science Does Not Need God, or Does It? A Catholic Scientist Looks at Evolution" to be delivered today at Palm Beach Atlantic U., an interdenominational Christian university. Mark Lombard at Catholic Online has the story. Carl Olson at InsightScoop has some helpful commentary. UPDATE: ... as does David Delaney

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