Along the same lines as the typo mentioned in yesterday’s Erratum of the Week , at a discussion last night I heard someone ask a question about the pope speaking “ex catheter.” He later referred to someone as a “teetoddler.”
Update: Not an error, exactly, but close. The Associated Press headlines a story on Benedict’s creation of a new Vatican office for evangelization Pope outlines latest effort revive Christianity . Revive, as in what a doctor hopes to do with someone who’s comatose or something that’s dead. (Here’s some quotes from Ubicumque et semper , the encyclical letter announcing the office.)
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