Cardinal Arinze on the liturgical norms for the NeoCatechumenal Way: Q: How did this letter come about? Cardinal Arinze: It stemmed from the results of this congregation’s examination of the way in which the Neocatechumenal Way has celebrated holy Mass for many years, as, following the approval of the statutes by the Pontifical Council for…

Lots of things going on in Chicago: Cardinal George has directed the Chancellor of the Archdiocese to to oversee a review of  child abuse issues. Here’s the statement from the Archdiocesan website (pdf file) And then there’s "Mission Chicago" – a concerted revival effort which is going to make excellent use of one of the…

Roman tour guides lead "Angles and Demons" tour…but use the moment to set folks straight Guides such as Polzer get into debates with novel-clutching tourists when they (the guides) reveal that the markers in St. Peter’s Square — which Brown says were placed by Bernini as lighting the way to the next stop along the…

Roberto Benigni waxes pretty eloquently about Jesus and love Benigni on Monday was addressing a gathering of young people who filled the Verdi Theater in this city of the patron of lovers, St. Valentine. The meeting was organized Bishop Vincenzo Paglia, who heads the Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia, according to the Italian newspaper Avvenire. For others…

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