The much-gossiped-about shake-up of the curia has begun. Don't ask me what it means. I vaticanisti think it's significant, but I'm always a little hesitant to take their word. It doesn't offend me to think that politics plays a role in Church doings (JP the G thought the Holy Spirit worked through politics, too). But sometimes I think we miss what the Pope is doing by looking solely at politics (and I really don't associate the word "smack-down" with Pope Benedict, in spite of the funny t-shirts at the Ratzinger Fan Club) Anyway, as of Sept. 15, there will be a new Sec. of State and a new head of the Vatican City governate, and more changes are said to be on the way.
New encyclical rumors are gearing up too.
I've been waiting for this: the Corpus Christi homily.
Plus Zenit has the last two audiences --one on St. Andrew last week, and yesterday's on St. James --which he cut short to spare the public from the Roman heat wave. I was going to say he must wilt in the heat as I do, but apparently although he sent everyone home early, he himself remained in the square greeting various groups.
