What about you? Haven’t watched an Olympic opening ceremony in years. Maybe since the 70’s? Who knows. But it was on, and I was enamored by the dancing (well…sliding) cows. And the sign-bearers in Alps-Skirts. And the disco music that accompanied the athletes’ parade. It was very…European, in a Dieter-like way. And now—we dance! Okay,…

I hadn’t heard this – thanx to the reader who passed it on: CU Prez says no to VM: Father David M. O’Connell, President of Catholic University, commented on the issue. "I have read the play and have actually seen it performed on a television broadcast…I find the play crude, ugly, vulgar and unworthy of…

Ms. Jesus Freak lets loose on abortion. Annie Lamott: EVERYTHING WAS going swimmingly on the panel. The subject was politics and faith, and I was on stage with two clergymen with progressive spiritual leanings, and a moderator who is liberal and Catholic. We were having a discussion with the audience of 1,300 people in Washington…

The Pope addressed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith this morning: This morning, Benedict XVI received participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, telling them that in their service to the entire Church, and in particular to bishops, they must highlight "the centrality of the Catholic…

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