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                    [ArticleID] => 392469
                    [Title] => Benedict XVI on children and media
                    [Summary] => 







Before Cardinal Ratzinger became Benedict XVI, he had a world wide reputation as a vigilant watchdog over the doctrine of the Catholic Church.  Everything he did was excellent, reflecting magnificent understanding of Scripture and deep scholarship on the history of the Catholic Church, but he was known as a grim, no-nonsense disciplinarian.

[DatePublished] => 2007-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 313520 [Title] => Dark night of the soul [Summary] => The night is always darkest just before the dawn. For the three Wise Men, following the Star, this was certainly true. That Star had been the dominating force in their lives for two full years. It had led them across deserts into lands they did not know. And suddenly, when they reached Jerusalem, the Star went out. It was gone. They could not see it anymore.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312510 [Title] => Baptism of fire [Summary] => When it is close to midnight, on Christmas Eve, His Holiness Benedict XVI will move from his quarters to the beautiful Basilica of Saint Peter, the heart of the Vatican. There, for the first time, he will say his Midnight Mass for Christmas on satellite television, leading all the world in prayer.

He will be doing what John Paul II did so well, for twenty-five years. For Benedict, it will be his baptism of fire.

[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202395 [Title] => John Paul II live on 5, delayed on 13, 4 and 7 [Summary] => On Easter Sunday morning, at 9:30 in Rome, John Paul II will appear on the improvised altar in Saint Peter’s Square, in Vatican City. He will say his Easter Mass and then deliver his Easter Message "To the City and to the World."

The Philippines is seven hours ahead of Rome, in real actual time. So it will come to us, by satellite television, at 4:30 in the afternoon, on Easter Sunday. It will be carried live on ABC 5, in Manila. And live on all the outlets of ABC, all over the country.

[DatePublished] => 2003-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201563 [Title] => John Paul at Eastertime [Summary] => At 9:30, Roman time, on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 20, John Paul II will say his Easter Mass at the improvised altar, in the great square before Saint Peter’s Basilica, in Vatican City.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133565 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1323138 [AuthorName] => Fr. James Reuter, SJ [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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