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At a time when some Protestants are not all that thrilled with the letter from Pope Benedict asserting Catholic primacy, some Catholics and Lutherans are trying to find some common ground: Milwaukee’s Catholic auxiliary bishop is about to find himself in what some might assume would be an uncomfortable position – addressing more than 1,000…

The always-interesting Rod Dreher has a good chin-scratcher of a post today, about the relative value of Christian kitsch. He describes, in excrutiating detail, a honeymoon pilgrimage he and his bride made to Fatima: A more gaudy, vulgar display of popular piety I’ve never seen. There were (literally) glow-in-the-dark Virgin Marys in shop windows. There…

After causing all sorts of hand-wringing and teeth-grinding over inviting an “womanpriest” to speak, the St. Thomas More Society of San Diego has had second thoughts: Just days before her scheduled appearance before the St. Thomas More Society of San Diego, the group’s board of directors has voted to disinvite “womanpriest” Jane Via. At a…

More than few people I know have wondered: “Why haven’t they made Oscar Romero a saint?” This article attempts to answer that question, and finds some interesting theories: Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, the outspoken church leader who was killed in 1980 as he celebrated Mass, has become as polarizing in death as he…
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