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That seems to be the operative word for the fellow on the right. (You recognize the gent on the left, I’m sure.) Anyway, he’s none other than Catholicos Karekin II, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He visited with Pope Benedict on May 9. Picture from CNS/L’Osservatore Romano.

The pope’s visit is just a happy memory now, but one writer, from Hawaii, has just published her delightful account of her visit to New York. (H/T to Rocco, who always seems to be in the right place at the right time.) Here’s a snip, from her conclusion, the day after the mass at Yankee…

The Pope who has an iPod is getting into text messaging. (When is he going to start a blog, like one of his cardinals?) Here’s what is being planned for the World Youth Day gathering later this year: Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day…

A nice blogger friend sent this my way last week, and I finally got around to reading it. Denver’s Archbishop Charles Chaput on politics, priests, laity and a lot of other important things. It’s just superb: Catholic leadership in the secular world belongs to laypeople, not to clergy or religious. The visible role of the…
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