A few people I know made it down to Washington for Tony Snow’s funeral yesterday; I hope to get a fuller report later today. But Rocco has posted the text of the homily, delivered by Fr. David O’Connell, President of Catholic University. A snip: No one of us among his family or friends believes that…

After focusiing for a few weeks now on all the turmoil roiling the Anglican Communion in England, Damien Thompson has found some big news on the other side of the pond. In New Jersey, in fact: The Catholic Church will expand its provision of “Anglican Use” parishes in the United States in order to allow…

Here’s an interesting sidebar on the World Youth Day activities: it seems more and more young people are gravitating to booths promoting religious vocations. (In the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that I provided some material for a presentation on the permanent diaconate; a deacon in Australia dropped me an e-mail and…

Not every Catholic in Australia is thrilled about World Youth Day — and one leading critic is taking the time to make sure the press knows about his displeasure: A group of Catholic priests opposed to church modernisation has condemned World Youth Day as an appalling display of secularism with little holy or Catholic content.…

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