Pope Benedict XVI grants ‘apostolic blessing’ and plenary indulgence to UST

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Pope Benedict XVI grants ‘apostolic blessing’ and plenary indulgence to UST

By Josephine Darang Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas Santisimo Rosario Church has received an extraordinary grant of plenary indulgence from Pope Benedict VVI to usher in the opening of the Jubilee Door tomorrow, Jan. 24, in connection with UST’s 400th anniversary celebration as Asia’s oldest university. In a letter through Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, head of the Varican’s Apostolic Penitentiary, the Pope said he is giving a plenary indulgence on all those who will go to the UST church from January 2011-January 2012 “under the usual conditions of Sacramental Confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayers of the intentions of the Holy Father.” Indulgence is defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a “remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.” The opening of the Jubilee Door tomorrow will be highlighted by the UST Quadricentennial Mass for Students at 5:15 p.m. at the UST Church with Manila Archbishop Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales as celebrant. Historic UST, founded and run by the Dominicans, is the only Pontifical University in Asia. John Paull II beatification As the news of the forthcoming beatification of Pope John Paul II on May 1, 2011 in Rome spreads around the world, Filipinos are rejoicing and preparing to leave for Rome for the beatification rites. At the same time, the coffee-table book “John Paul II, We Love You” recalls the many memories captured on camera the Papal visit Jan. 12-15, 1995 when five million people converged at the Luneta Park for the World Youth Day 1995. Published by Reyes Publishing, Inc. for the Asian Catholic Publishers, the book was printed in Hong Kong through the generous grant from the Prudentialife Group headed by former Ambassador to the Vatican Frank Alba. With Venerable Pope John Paul II becoming “Blessed” on May 1, the book can easily become a collector’s item. The book cover is a photo that captures the five million people who flocked to Luneta Park for the Pope’s Mass at the Quirino Grandstand. Poignant shots all over the book were taken by Sonny Camarillo, Manny Goloyugo, Nelson Rivera, Ed Santiago, Manny Santos, Sonny Yabao and Noli Yamsuan. Each face showed love for the Pope. The articles were written by Jesselyn Garcia de la Cruz and Peachy Yamsuan. Waiting for the Pope On the Pope’s arrival in Manila, Dulce Festin Baybay and I found ourselves waiting for him at the rooftop of the Ospital ng Maynila. I remember us going up and down many rooms before we were able to step out on the roof. My camera was ready to take shots the moment he passed by in my line of vision. When, finally, he came in his Pope’s mobile, I was able to take his picture. Dulce and I became emotional at seeing the Pope in person. Healing priest Fr. Diwane Cacao waited to see Pope John Paul II in person when he went to Rome in November 1997 upon invitation of then Labor Attache Alejandro Santos whose father was healed by Father Cacao. He thought that if he meeting the Pope in person would be a sign that he would go full time into his healing ministry. It was truly difficult to get listed in the “prima file” for the private audience with the Pope, but on Nov. 7, 1997, Father Cacao was listed as No. 28 through the help of then Ambassador to the Vatican, Tita de Villa. When he got back to San Pablo, Laguna, then Bishop Francisco San Diego granted him permission to conduct his healing ministry. He now holds Healing Masses on Friday and Sunday at 9:30 a.m at the Sancti Dei Healing Center in Lopez Village, Los Baños. Pilgrimage to Rome As early as now, a group of Filipinos are preparing to leave on April 14 so that they could reach Rome on May 1 for the beatification. Led by Fr. Ramon Merino, the pilgrims will first go on a Marian tour of Europe with visits in Lourdes, Fatima, Assisi, Toledo, Paris, Madrid, Montserrat, Amsterdam and Monte Carlo. Included is a trip to Sevilla where the “Semana Santa” procession will take place. Call Adam’s Express Travel 5211698 or 5211651 or text 0908-5919908. Uson, Masbate church Sts. Peter & Paul Parish Church in Uson, Masbate is badly in need of repair which is why it is a beneficiary of the forthcoming “2nd Orgullo Kan Bikol Awards” on Jan. 27 at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City. The event will also benefit the Mumho fund (Masbateño Fund) and the Masbate Children Center. The Faithful Heroes Shining Times, Inc., in cooperation with the Diocese of Masbate, will give awards to 22 prominent Bicolanos who have served Bicolandia in their fields of endeavor. Text 0916-3205394. Goodbye, Farah Friends and family bade goodbye to Maria Cefarah “Farah” Pineda Gamboa, 28, who passed away on Jan. 8 at the Las Piñas General Hospital. She was active in the ministries of the Good Shepherd Parish Church in Las Piñas, having been parish coordinator for the Commission on Youth of the Good Shepherd Parish, coordinator for Choice Weekend, and member of the Vicariate Commission on Youth, Young Adults Ministry (Singles Encounter 2, Vicariate of St. Joseph) and Coro del Cielo. She was laid to rest last Jan, 15 at at Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque. Friends Marla and Sam Vasquez, Leng Balagon and Tan Ramirez, fiance Tony Villanueva and other church members helped in making the funeral arrangements. She is survived by her sister, Pam Gamboa-Gan and brother-in-law, Jerry Gan. Antipolo image in Cavite The pilgrim image of Our Lady of Antipolo is now enshrined at the Diocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Naic, Cavite until Jan. 30. Parish priest is Fr. Virgilio Mendoza. Read more at lifestyle.inquirer.net

 

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Clerical sex abuse victims take part in papal inquiry

By Emily Moulton

Victims of historical clerical abuse met with the former Archbishop of Westminster in Newry yesterday as part of a Vatican probe into sex crimes committed within the Irish Catholic Church.

Last March Pope Benedict announced the probe, formally known as an apostolic visitation, following the publication of two damning reports by the Irish government which found a culture of systematic cover-up of paedophile priests and allegations of abuse.

In an open letter the Vatican said it wanted “to respond adequately to the situation caused by the tragic cases of abuse” and promote the “spiritual and moral renewal” of the Irish Church.

Five senior prelates were chosen to carry out the inquiry in the four diocese of Armagh, Dublin, Cashel-Emly and Tuam.

But their roles are to gather information and report to Rome, not resolve any issues raised.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-|O’Connor, who is now retired, was appointed to lead the investigation in Armagh. But the cardinal was himself the subject of intense criticism over his handling of a paedophile priest.

In 1985 the cardinal, then Bishop of the Arundel and Brighton Diocese, appointed Father Michael Hill to Gatwick Airport despite experts warning that he could be a danger to children.

Victims’ groups demanded his resignation in 2002 when Hill was jailed and the cardinal was forced to apologise to victims.

Last night Jon McCourt, who suffered abuse as a child at the Termonbacca home in Co Londonderry, said members of group, Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse, were pleased the cardinal had met with them.

He explained the senior clergyman listened along with Dr Sheila Hollins, professor of the UK Board of Psychiatry, to the stories as well as their concerns.

He also said they had gone into the meeting with realistic expectations and were aware the cardinal would only be there to record.

“It was fairly informal and cordial — a lot more informal than I expected it to be, seeing we were meeting the cardinal,” he explained. “He was very direct with us. He told us his role wasn’t to make a promise to us as to where this was going to go. It was simply as a recorder and to report back to Rome.

“We have no idea of a timescale for that. That is one of the difficulties; we have no real idea how long this process is going to take.

“The only time frame we know of is that next Tuesday they have a meeting with the northern bishops.

“Cardinal O’Connor said he will take back to the bishops some of the suggestions we put to him — mainly that we need to have a direct liaison between ourselves and the Church so that we are informed as the process develops because that is one of the things that has been lacking.”

Yesterday’s meeting comes a month after the Stormont Executive announced it was launching its own inquiry into historical and institutional child abuse after persistent campaigning from victims.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness welcomed the opportunity for victims to meet with the apostolic visitor.

He said the abuse suffered by many children and vulnerable young people in institutions over the years and the totally insensitive manner in which this was dealt with had “cast a dark cloud over Irish society”.

“There is an onus on us all to ensure that this abuse can never be allowed to happen again and that necessary safeguarding arrangements are put in place to guarantee protection for those who are greatest at risk.

“The papal initiative is an important part of the process of putting the needs of victims first. Those who have perpetrated such heinous crimes must not be protected, but must be subject to the full rigours of the legal process.” Read more at www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

 

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The vanity of world leaders

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Oh, vanity These are trying times and world leaders on both sides of the Atlantic are feeling their age. But British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama, both relatively young men, seem determined to not let power age them: Both this week turned up with suspiciously un-greyed hair. Giggled Tim Walker, writing at The Daily Telegraph, “[Cameron’s] hair, which had been greying at the sides, had taken on a hue of uniformly inky blackness.” Walker also brought in an expert: Carmelo Guastella, barber to the rich and powerful, told him that Cameron has made a very “obvious blunder”: “It looks as if he might have tried disguising some of the greyness and then thought, ‘Oh well, I may as well go the whole hog.’ The trouble is hair seldom grows in a single colour so it looked a bit obvious.”

David Cameron sports his new hair on January 20. Photo credit: Crown copyright

Obama, meanwhile, has also sparked rumours that he’s been hitting the Just For Men – his hair, during the joint summit meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, was flecked with grey, but by the evening’s state dinner, had regained its black sheen. Snorted Adrian Chen at Gawker, “Imagine Obama dying his hair! What’s next, a nose job for Biden?”

Barack Obamas newly black hair. Photo credit: Official White House photo

Berlusconi urged to show more ‘robust morality’ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to scandal, especially scandal involving pretty girls, but his latest dust-up has garnered attention from one of Italy’s loftiest moral arbiters: The Vatican.

Magistrates recently opened an investigation into allegations that Berlusconi engaged the services of an underage prostitute and later used his influence to secure her release from Milano police custody in May. Berlusconi has denied the allegations and has refused to submit to questioning from prosecutors.

The Vatican is not pleased. In what the BBC called a “rare public and openly critical comment by the Holy See”, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said, “The Church urges and invites everyone, especially those who hold a position of public responsibility [...] to commit themselves to a more robust morality, a sense of justice and legality.”

Hoping Berlusconi will show some “robust morality”? “Ha,” says Gawker’s Jeff Neumann. Read more at www.periscopepost.com

 

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Mary Unites Christians and Muslims

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Mary Unites Christians and Muslims

GLOBAL ZENIT NEWS Rome's Zenit News

DAMASCUS, Syria, JAN. 21, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Christians and Muslims might lack a common dogmatic base from which to discuss theology, but they share devotion and esteem for a woman who brings them together: Mary, mother of Jesus. This reflection was offered by Father Joseph Saghbini, a priest of the Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Father Saghbini was speaking about a Dec. 15 conference in Damascus, sponsored by the Syrian president and Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, patriarch of Antioch for the Greek Melkite Church. The conference was a follow-up to the synod on the Middle East held last October at the Vatican. Some 1,000 people participated -- Christians and Muslims, representatives from Eastern Churches, and participants from Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab nations. In the following excerpts from the interview with Father Saghbini, the priest speaks of the conference, Christians in the Middle East and prospects for Christian-Muslim collaboration.  Q: Would you please provide an introduction to this conference? Father Saghbini: [...] This Congress shall be conducive to realize the intentions the fathers of the synod in Rome have written in the “Final Message to the People of God," locally in the Churches here in Syria and in daily life, especially in the daily common life between Christians and Muslims. Prior topics are the unity of Christians in the Middle East -- according to the Lord's word in John 17:21: ”That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me” -- in order to give common testimony of faith. Further topics are related to the problems of migration of Christians to the West, as well as religious pluralism, the consciousness of God's plan with our society in the Middle East to live in peace with the Muslim people and the efforts for promoting and supporting interreligious dialogue. Q: Have theological issues been discussed at this conference? Father Saghbini: There is no common dogmatic basis that is valid for Christians and Muslims together in order to deal with theological questions and the magisterium of the Church. However, what is possible is the common reflection about Mary. The Christian point of view is: Mary is the elected Virgin and Mother of God and we are venerating her and we are praying to her. She is the intercessor for us with Jesus Christ. The Muslim point of view is: Mary is a special woman and the best among the women.  In Lebanon, for example, a common feast day for the honor of Mary has been introduced. On this day Christians and Muslims have the possibility to venerate Mary in their own religious approaches. Mutual appreciation and mutual respect as human beings and as creatures of God have, of course, a very great value in common daily life. Topics related to ethics and moral issues have been discussed as well. The human and ethic values of daily life are of high importance and have been reflected in several speeches during this congress. Brotherhood (Ikha’ in Arabic) between Christians and Muslims shall be intensified and supported by the lectures given at this conference. Another important issue for the synod fathers is daily, peaceful common life between Christians and Muslims. The daily talks between Christians and Muslims should be led and should be based on the foundation of love, mutual tolerance and respect. In this manner a common dialogue, for a common search for truth, enables a better understanding of each other and the exchange of personal points of view and experiences. Here in Syria, Christians and Muslims are living together in a tradition that spans over centuries. Christians are deeply rooted in this region, belonging to Holy Land, and they can offer a substantial and comprehensive treasure in culture and religion. The mental, intellectual dimension of the synod held in Rome is mirrored here within this conference in a very particular form: Various Muslim leaders have arrived and we hope that the lectures and speeches as well as the personal encounters will lead to a deeper mutual understanding and to an ongoing peaceful cooperation in our society, especially here in Syria. Q: His Beatitude Gregorios III wrote a letter in June to the Muslim leaders of the Arab countries, wherein the sense and the significance of the synod are expressed. Is this also part of the speeches given here at this conference? Father Saghbini: Yes, of course. This letter from the patriarch has also been addressed to the Arab kings. Today at the conference his letter has been mentioned in order to remember the content of it, which is also part of the texts composed in the synod. Patriarch Gregorios III emphasizes repeatedly that for us Christians living in the Middle East, it is a great concern to have a peaceful fellowship with Muslims, which is founded in mutual respect and in fraternal benevolence. We need each other in day-to-day life. We do not only speak about dialogue, but we live it! Dialogue has its origin in the essence of the Church by proclaiming the Gospel to all humanity. The Gospel by itself gives testimony of the truth and the love of God, revealed in the incarnation of the person of Jesus Christ. He is our king of peace and it is, in present times, very necessary to recognize this truth and to live from it, in order to bring the peace of Christ to all people. [...] Q: What does the Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarchate expect from this conference? Father Saghbini: After this blessed synod that took place in October in Rome, we hope -- together with the Christians living in the Middle East -- for a deeper and mutual understanding, in a greater mutual respect, in the necessary tolerance and in a peaceful common life. This is our hope and for this intention we are praying, especially now during Christmas time, and we hope that many Christians will follow this prayer in the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ. Q: What further initiatives will the patriarchate organize in the field of interreligious dialogue, enabling Christians and Muslims to have encounters on an academic level? Father Saghbini: Our Patriarch Gregorios III is planning similar meetings in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Of course, the Center Al-Liqa, founded by His Beatitude, is a place where encounters between Christians and Muslims will take place and which may lead to a better knowledge and understanding between the cultures and religions. Read more at www.catholic.net

 

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Scientist appointed to Vatican academy admits he is ‘pro-legalization of abortion’

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Scientist appointed to Vatican academy admits he is ‘pro-legalization of abortion’

by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

Dr. Miguel Nicolelis

BRAZIL, January 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A scientist recently appointed to the Vatican’s prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences has confirmed in an interview that he supports the legalization of abortion and civil unions for homosexuals, as LifeSiteNews.com and other websites had reported earlier this month.

Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian neuroscientist who teaches at Duke University, complained that the websites “are hitting the same key: the Pope named a person for the Academy who defends the decriminalization of abortion and civil unions between people of the same sex, which is the pure truth.”

“I wasn’t abducted by any alien, nor did they put a microchip in my brain to make me say what I said,” Nicolelis added, laughing. The statements were made to the Brasilian online publication Vi o Mundo (I Saw the World), the same publication that had published the original comments that sparked the controversy.

The interview follows an article on the controversy by Vi o Mundo, which displayed an image of LSN’s original article on Nicolelis, as well as the blog post by the traditional Catholic blog Rorate Caeli, which first published the quotes by Nicolelis in English, and a reposting of the LSN piece in Portuguese on the blog of Brazilian pro-life activist Julio Severo.  The article calls them “sites of the American extreme-right.”

In addition, in comments attributed to Nicolelis on the blog of the prominent Brazilian journalist Luis Nassif, the scientist affirms that he is “atheist, pro-legalization of abortion,” and “pro-civil-unions for homosexuals.” Are human life and family issues relevant to the Academy?

Nicolelis claimed in the Vi o Mundo interview that his personal political opinions and beliefs are irrelevant to his appointment.

“I never hid [the fact] that I don’t participate in the Catholic Church nor have a religious belief,” said Nicolelis. “What the staff of those sites does not understand is that if the Vatican had seen my ideological, political, and religious concepts as an obstacle, they wouldn’t have nominated me.”

“The scientific issue is the decisive parameter, such that no one asked me to take any position contrary to my personal beliefs,” added Nicolelis, noting that Stephen Hawking, who he says shares his views, is also a member of the Academy.

However, Human Life International, the world’s largest pro-life organization, disagrees. The organization’s acting president, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, has expressed “shock” that someone who is “on the record criticizing those who want to see abortion outlawed, and explicitly supporting homosexual unions” was appointed to the Academy.

He is joined by Luis Fernando Pérez Bustamante, director of the influential InfoCatolica, a widely-read Mexican Catholic website, who recently stated on his blog, “I can understand that the PAS is not shut to non-Catholics. But I cannot accept that people who are instruments of the culture of death are permitted to be members.”

He added, “I do not believe that being a good scientist is sufficient to belong to that Pontifical Academy. It should be established that the candidates have a minimum of ethical and moral agreement with the Church.”

Article 5 of the Academy’s constitution says that “candidates for a seat in the Academy are chosen by the Academy on the basis of their eminent original scientific studies and their acknowledged moral personality,” and adds that the choice is made “without any ethnic or religious discrimination.”

Contact information:

Pontifical Academy of Sciences Casina Pio IV, V-00120 Vatican City Tel. +39 06 69883195 - Fax +39 06 69885218 Email: academy.sciences@acdscience.va

Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith William Cardinal Levada, Prefect Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italy Fax: 06.69.88.34.09 E-mail: cdf@cfaith.va

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Call for Vatican support for abuse victims

Representatives of survivors of abuse in Catholic Church institutions in the North have called on the Vatican to immediately ensure that the most vulnerable victims receive counselling and support.

Vatican - Abuse survivors meet Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor

Representatives of survivors of abuse in Catholic Church institutions in the North have called on the Vatican to immediately ensure that the most vulnerable victims receive counselling and support.

They also asked for redress from the church.

The appeal was issued after a meeting in Newry between a delegation of four survivors and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor is leading a fact-finding team appointed by Pope Benedict to report on the abuse crisis in the archdiocese of Armagh.

Victims' spokesperson Jon McCourt told the Cardinal that a quarter of the 48 boys he knew in the Termonbacca Home in Derry had taken their own lives because they could not live with the legacy of their abuse.

The home was run by the Sisters of Nazareth.

Mr McCourt says lay staff sexually abused him until he left the institution at the age of 13 and that nuns abused him physically and emotionally.

Another member of the delegation, Margaret McGuckian, told the Cardinal and his two assistants that she was physically and emotionally abused in a home in Belfast run by the same religious sisters.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor told the delegation that he would ask the Irish hierarchy to appoint a representative to liaise with the group next week.

The meeting, which lasted 90 minutes, took place in the Dromantine Retreat House outside Newry, Co Down.

Ms McGuckian said the church representatives seemed to have taken their concerns on board.

She said the Cardinal told them he would ask the Irish hierarchy to appoint a representative to liaise with the group. He also explained that his Apostolic Visitation team would report its findings to Pope Benedict and that he would formulate a response in due course. Read more at www.rte.ie

 

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Vatican in a squeeze over Berlusconi

By David Willey

BBC News, Rome

Silvio Berlusconi faces a battle save his political career, amid multiple scandals

As storm clouds gathered this month around Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for his alleged sex parties with underage girls, the Vatican remained strangely silent.

Pope Benedict has been concerned not to rock the political boat in Rome and risk undermining the stability of Italy's centre-right government.

The Vatican has also been preoccupied with the careful management of its own sex scandal involving paedophile priests.

But now the Pope has made a stern call for greater ethical rigour by Italy's public institutions.

Without referring specifically to the Berlusconi scandals, the Pope deplored the current weakening of public morals during a private Vatican audience for senior police officers from Rome.

"Italian society has lost its soul and its spiritual and moral roots, and needs to find them again," the Pope said.

Dancer Karima El Mahroug has appeared on chat shows to deny having sex with Mr Berlusconi

On Thursday, during a visit to a local children's' hospital, the Pope's number two, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, made a strongly critical statement about the impact that the Berlusconi scandal has been been having on Italy and its image abroad.

"The Church invites everyone - above all those who hold public responsibility in any administrative, political and judicial area - to be committed to a more robust morality, a sense of justice and lawfulness," he said.

Cardinal Bertone said the Vatican was worried about the effects that reports of such behaviour was having on families, young people and future generations.

He said Italians wanted to see "exemplary behaviour" from their politicians, who should be concerned above all with "the problems that weigh on Italian society".

Maria Pia Campanile, president of the leading Catholic women's association in Italy, has complained that female members of Mr Berlusconi's cabinet (including the Minister for Equal Opportunities, Mara Carfagna, a former showgirl employed by Mr Berlusconi's TV company Mediaset) had failed to condemn "the moral decadence of the female image" which had aroused public disgust.

Grassroots pressure

Italian state TV has been showing a cartoon produced by a TV outfit in Taiwan which portrays a character resembling Berlusconi having sex with a prostitute and paying her for her services.

Mr Berlusconi has so far denied all allegations, and is refusing to appear before prosecutors in Milan who are investigating whether he has committed any crime under Italian law.

But the cumulative effect of daily reports about Mr Berlusconi's sexual adventures with prostitutes is causing many Italian grassroots Catholic organisations to put pressure on their priests, bishops and the Pope himself to speak out.

The Italian Catholic bishops' conference has decided to address the moral issues raised by the prime minister's much publicised dalliances at a meeting in Ancona next week.

The Italian bishops - in theory operating independently from the Vatican - tend to feel inhibited by their close proximity with the Vatican hierarchy and bureaucracy whose focus is naturally much more upon the Church's international role and responsibilities.

The Vatican is always obsessed with protocol and not speaking out of turn. But this week, the Pope, his senior Vatican cardinals and Italy's bishops are all singing from the same hymn sheet.

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Astronomers ‘weigh’ heaviest black hole yet

Emma Woollacott TGDaily January 20, 2011

Astronomers have measured the most massive known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood, weighing in at the equivalent of 6.6 billion suns.

Given its hefty proportions, the black hole, in the giant elliptical galaxy M87, could become the first black hole to be directly ‘seen’, rather than deduced from indirect evidence.

Karl Gebhardt of the University of Texas at Austin led a team of researchers using the eight-meter Gemini North telescope in Hawaii to examine the motions of stars around the black hole.

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