PAPAL ACTIVITIES: We report on Pope Benedict's Wednesday general audience
and also his remarks on the feast of the Immaculate Conception where he criticised
the media for its steady diet of news about evil, saying it hardens hearts..... BETHLEHEM
BLUES: We tap into the current situation and mood of Christians in the town
where Jesus was born and learn how the Security Barrier heavily restricts their daily
lives and movements... ADVENT REFLECTION: Father Matthew Gamber,
a Jesuit priest and journalist, shares with us his insights into the meaning of Advent
and his own childhood recollections of this season.....