by John L. Allen Jr.
Rome -- It’s customary for the Vatican to empty its pipeline of pending business before the pope heads for his annual summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo. That usually makes for a flurry of news in late June. It was turbo-charged this year by dramatic events breaking in on the Vatican from the outside. Faced with such a deluge of news, the obvious temptation is to miss the forest for the trees. Here, I’d like to step back from the details and ponder the question, “What does it all mean?”
Read the full report: Seven days that shook the Vatican
[John Allen is NCR senior correspondent. His e-mail address is jallen@ncronline.org.]
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