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I know she’ll hate that headline, but it’s my blog. Elizabeth Scalia, a.k.a. The Anchoress has announced to the world (and I’m happy to trumpet it as well) her recent appearance on my little TV show “In the Arena.” “In the Arena” is a weekly current events/public affairs program on The NET (New Evangelization Television),…

Well, who’da thunk? The New York Times has just hired a new columnist that fits that description. And he’s under 30. Take a look: The New York Times has hired Ross G. Douthat, a 29-year-old conservative writer and editor at The Atlantic, as an Op-Ed columnist, nearly two months after ending the yearlong run of…

This news item should be of interest to anyone reading this: the Vatican may issue a document on the New Media. From CNS: The Vatican is considering the preparation of a major document on new media and their implications for the church’s communications strategy. Bishops from 82 countries began a five-day meeting in Rome March…

The good Dr. McNamara dug this up from the vault, and it’s an interesting little curiosity: the first bit of film showing a papal blessing. It’s Leo XIII, in the 1890’s, and McNamara notes: It’s said that when this short film clip was shown in the largely Protestant sections of the Midwest, it started a…
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