Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

Astonishing Lack of Ethical Behaviour in the Archdiocese of Salzburg

Austria

The spokesman of the archdiocese of Salzburg, deacon Wolfgang Kumpfmüller, has displayed an outrageous lack of ethical behaviour. He is the director of the diocesan “Office for Communication and Public Relation”. In a letter to all collaborators of the archdiocese, the deacon savagely attacked its auxiliary bishop, Andreas Laun. The deacon wrote, that quote –.” The bishop, however, is renowned in and beyond Austria for his trenchant orthodoxy and his courageous Pro-Life-stance.

Making Points Effectively
UK
Catholic Herald columnist William Oddie argues in an article that the steadily escalating criticism of Pope Benedict proves that the Pontiff is making his points effectively. "If he were not a threat, his enemies would just ignore him," the author comments.

Keeping Pace with State of the Art Technology
Vatican
Yesterday the Holy See Press Office gave a conference to present the new high-definition outside-broadcasting equipment which the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) will be using in future. Fr Federico Lombardi, Vatican TV director, said, the development was necessary for the Vatican to keep pace with state of the art technology. The Vatican Television Center was established in 1983 and each year films thousands of hours of events, both in the Vatican and on papal trips. The new facility was designed by Sony with financial assistance from the Knights of Columbus.

Ballot Determent by Donuts?
USA
The U.S. bishops have elected Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. bishops' conference. The move was unprecedented, since the bishops traditionally choose the previous vice president, in this case, Bishop Kicanas, to serve as head of the conference. Since a 50 percent majority is required for a candidate to be elected, the Nov. 16 vote had to be taken three times before a president could be chosen. (Don’t tell anyone this, but, one British wag has suggested that the archbishop was constrained to distribute donuts in order to secure sufficient votes!!)