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Benedict’s quiet revolution

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By John L. Allen, National Catholic Reporter

Wednesday, 01 June 2011

Benedict’s suppression of the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Rome shows that no one involved in “filth,” as he once called it, no matter how prestigious, is going to be beyond reform.

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