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I’ll bet you’ve never seen this before: the making of communion wafers at the Cavanaugh Company in Rhode Island, the largest manufacturer of altar bread in America. This comes from Michael Paulson, who posted it last week at Articles of Faith, the religion blog of the Boston Globe. Fascinating stuff. Take and watch.

It’s deja vu all over again. Yet another priest is telling his flock to make a trip to the confessional if they voted for Obama. From the Modesto (Calif.) Bee: Parishioners of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Modesto have been told they should consider going to confession if they voted for Barack Obama, because of…

Douglas Kmiec knows, and has posted this account of a day he’d rather forget: It was time for Communion. Notwithstanding the indictment of the homily, I did not think of myself as unworthy of receipt of the sacrament–at least no more so than pre-Obama endorsement. Communion in the Catholic tradition is indeed sacred. We believe…

It has to be Dorothy Day, turning over in her grave. To understand why, read this. “True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force.” -Dorothy Day
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