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..to bring you this odd, but I suppose hopeful story… A rabbi who temporarily resigned last month as head of South America’s largest Jewish Congregation after being arrested in Florida on shoplifting charges, said he will meet with Pope Benedict XVI when the pontiff visits in May. Henry I. Sobel, who for more than 30…

Here is a very important post, I think, from Father Z in Rome, about the situation of the Church in Italy and how rising tensions are affecting so many things – including the release of the MP. In Italy, Pope Benedict is making a huge splash.  Since he was elected, the left-wing has gone nearly…

There is a great deal of resonance in silence. Not just any silence, but silence in the midst of sound. A pause. Michael has described to me before the chanting of the Agnus Dei at St. Meinrad, in which the 3 tropes are chanted slowly, with a significant pause in between each one. It is…

Here is the text for the Stations of the Cross that Pope Benedict will lead tomorrow night at the Colisseum. They are written by Monsignor Gianfranco Ravasi, Prefect of the Ambrosian Library and Gallery of Milan. Msgr. Ravasi, an expert in Bible and Hebrew studies, is professor of biblical exegesis at the Faculty of Theology…
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