Ed Peters reviews a new website: Msgr. Cormac Burke is an Irish priest of the prelature Opus Dei, a member of the Irish bar, professor of modern languages, and a prolific theological author. More than all of these, though, Msgr. Burke is one of the world’s most influential English-speaking canon lawyers, serving 13 years on…

Comments on the season finale – and the entire past season of Lost? There are a lot of levels to figure out here – the technicalities of exactly what is going on with the island – does the mystic/vaguely spiritual/redemptive  vibe still beat? I have to dash off and take Michael the Baby for his…

An intriguing note for those of us who study the ebbing and flowing of ethnic churches in the US throughout the past century or so – the USCCB has a note that there have been ongoing conversations between the RC and the Polish National Church: The Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue has adopted a “Joint…

Catholic Wisconsin Governor stays on the embryo destruction train: Gov. Jim Doyle broke with Wisconsin’s two most prominent Catholic bishops on Wednesday, bluntly telling them he would not rethink his strong support of embryonic stem cell research. "While I appreciate your thoughts on this important issue, I also feel a responsibility to promote vital research…

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