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In a first, Pope Benedict's ad limina speech to the bishops of Ontario this morning was recorded -- and chunks of it have already been broadcast on Vatican Radio. What does this mean, you ask? Well, it's not rocket science.... Especially as the address was probably the most strident cultural message Joseph Ratzinger has given since the now-famous "dictatorship of relativism" homily at the Mass immediately preceding the conclave that elected him to Peter's chair. The package also features insight from Bishop Richard Smith of Pembroke, head of the Ontario Bishops Conference, who greeted the pontiff in the name...

TORONTO, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest circulation daily newspaper, published an Aug. 3 story, “Bishops expect papal scolding”, that has been receiving international attention. The article implies that Canada’s Catholic bishops are seen by the Vatican under Pope Benedict XVI as having been negligent in their duty to evangelize in an increasingly secular Canada.The Ontario Catholic bishops are expected in Rome for their “ad limina” visit, the meetings with the pope made every five years by bishops from around the world. The Star’s Stuart Laidlaw says the bishops are expecting to be pushed for greater evangelization...