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The rumors regarding the possible lifting of the excommunication of the SSPXer’s who are excommunicated (which is not everyone, remember…it’s confusing) continue to swirl. This blog posts a translation of an Italian newspaper account, and the comments on the post are very interesting. Lots of speculation, and a little bit of grumbling from those who,…

NCR(eporter) has an informative dialogue between two scholars of the Crusades, Thomas Madden and Carole Hillenbrand: I want to ask Carole Hillenbrand about something Thomas Madden wrote: “Without the Crusades, it [Christianity] might well have followed Zoroastrianism, another of Islam’s rivals, into extinction.” Carole, do you think that’s true? Hillenbrand: No. Firstly, Zoroastrianism is not…

The Vatican Watcher summarizing a couple of recent, slap-in-the-head moments in which satirical jabs at Christianity (to put it mildly) are okayed by the same people who disapprove of satire using Islamic images.

Sort of. We’ll get there on Saturday morning, wiped out and confused, but with hopefully enough energy just to look around and orient ourselves. Believe it or not, I actually have to meet with someone on Saturday afternoon, but since it’s in, you know, Rome, it will be novel enough in itself. Sunday, what’s set…
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