Malaysian media quotes Valero

“Saya rasa beliau akan berusaha menambat hati penduduk Britain,” kata Jack Valero, koordinator kumpulan progereja Catholic Voices. “Itu menjadi keistimewaan beliau, beliau ingin memenangi masyarakat sekular melalui pujukan.” 

 Monitor is not sure how to translate this. But a computer Malay-English translator renders it thus:

"I think he will try to charm the people of Britain, "says Jack Valero, coordinator of the Catholic Voices project. "That is a privilege, he would like to win a secular society through persuasion".

La Razon on CV

Writing in the Spanish daily La Razon, Celia Maza comments (Monitor's translation):

"Catholic Voices, a group of Catholics aged between 19 and 44, was created as a volunteer body in anticipation of the papal visit in order to present the Catholic perspective in an attractive way to the media. They are not the spokespeople of the Bishops' Conference, but their exceptional work and closeness to the press has earned them the bishops' blessing."

CV reaches the US Catholic media

The Washington-based Catholic News Service -- owned by the US bishops' conference -- has produced a video about Catholic Voices, narrated by CNS Rome correspondent Cindy Wooden. It includes an interview with CV coordinator Austen Ivereigh and two members of the CV team -- Neil D'Aguiar and Madeleine Teahan.

It's one of their rolling "Crossplayer" video news service items embedded in Catholic diocesan sites across the US -- and as far as Australia. Access it by clicking on the video roll here. Or here. Or here.

'I can't imagine marriage without monogamy'

CV Bonnie Lander Johnson describes what Catholic marriage means in this short film on Channel 4's thought.tv, broadcast last night.

Westminster Cathedral

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Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Hall

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