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Bishop van Luyn’s resignation accepted
A bit lost amid all the news about the beatification of Venerable John Paul II, as well as (especially in English blogs) the ordination of three former Anglican bishops to the Catholic priesthood in...
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In the presence of royalty, a bishop says goodbye
Bishop van Luyn at the start of his final Mass as ordinary of Rotterdam. In the presence of HRH Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima, hundreds of faithful, and dozens of priests and bishops,...
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“The night is not dark for me”– Bishop van Luyn’s last homily
Related to the previous post (and originally part of it), about the retirement of Bishop Ad van Luyn as chief shepherd of the see of Rotterdam as well as the presidency of the Dutch Bishops’ Conference...
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Reshuffling the bishops’ responsibilities
In the past few years, the Dutch bishops’ conference has gained four new members and lost one, and now those changes are being reflected in the responsibilities that the members have within the...
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After Van Luyn, the new presidency of the COMECE
Following his retirement as bishop of Rotterdam, Msgr. Ad van Luyn has now also completed his six-year tenure as President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Community, the...
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Looking back at the year: 2012 in review
It’s been quite the year for the Church in the world, in the Netherlands and here on the blog. In this post, I want to look back briefly on what has transpired. What happened before will, in many...
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The General Report for the Ad Limina – The portfolios
Continuing with our translation of the general report that the Dutch bishops will be handing to Pope Francis in the first week of December, we arrive at the second part, in which the various portfolios...
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Luxembourg archbishop succeeds Cardinal Marx at the helm of COMECE
The COMECE, short-hand for the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, has elected their successor to Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who presided over the 29-member organisation,...
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Delegate to the Synod – Bishops choose their man
The current holder of the youth portfolio, as well as his predecessor, in the Dutch Bishops’ Conference have, as expected, been chosen as delegate and substitute to October’s Synod of Bishops on youth...
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Three weeks before the Synod, the list is out
Few surprises in the list of participants in next month’s Synod of Bishops on youth of vocation, which was published on Saturday. As is par of the course for such assemblies, the bulk of the delegates...
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Caught between two fires – The trials of Cardinal Marx
He is probably the most powerful and most criticised European cardinal at the moment. As president of the German Bishops’ Conference, member of the Council of Cardinals assisting Pope Francis in his...
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For the first time in Luxembourg, an auxiliary bishop
For the first time in its 180-year-history, the Archdiocese of Luxembourg earlier this week received an auxiliary bishop. This is related to the duties of Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich as president...
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Topping up – new cardinals announced for October
Pope Francis yesterday surprisingly announced that he will create 13 new cardinals on 5 October. Surprisingly, because the numbers do not really suggest the ned for a consistory at this time. There are...
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Luxembourg in an international sea of red hats
A joyful photograph reflecting the historical changes at the top of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg. Last week, Bishop Leo Wagener (left), became the archdiocese’s first auxiliary bishop, and yesterday...
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