I’ve fallen a bit behind in my reading of Cardinal Sean’s excellent blog — my bad — but thanks to an alert reader, who has a new blog of his own (check it out right here), I caught this terrific little essay from a newly ordained priest. Some highlights: My recent ordination to the priesthood,…

People who were pulling their hair out over the wider use of the Latin mass can now have an official, low-grade freak-out. It sounds like more changes in the mass could be coming soon, to a sanctuary near you: The rite of the Mass could change. According to some indiscretions, Benedict XVI has charged the…

This is an astonishing bit of news, and could signal the beginning of the end of the Church of England as we know it: Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials to discuss the crisis in the Anglican communion over gays and women bishops. They met senior advisers of the…

And the ordinations continue! The Archdiocese of Washington just ordained 16 new deacons, and assigned them to their new ministries. You can read all about it in the Catholic Standard. And the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut just welcomed eight new deacons: Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, the ordaining prelate and principal celebrant of the ordination…

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