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…if you’re following such things: As expected, Cardinal George of Chicago was just elected president of the USCCB. (It is a system that is almost pro-forma. The vice president is usually expected to become the president, and Cardinal George was the vice president.) (Jason Berry’s LATimes op-ed from Sunday questioning the Cardinal’s commitment to cleaning…

I’m trying not to watch the USCCB  – is it sad that it’s a temptation? Perhaps. But it’s interesting to see the personalities in action, to read between lines, etc. I was interested this morning to hear bits and pieces of Archbishop Wuerl speak on a proposed high school curriculum outline. I didn’t know something…

Finished reading History, a fairly massive novel (in translation)  about Italy a bit before, during and after World War II. Although there are many characters, at the center of the story is Ida, a schoolteacher and her sons, an older boy nicknamed Nino, born of her marriage (her husband dies before the war) and Useppe,…

A couple of random things I ran across: Dawn Eden has a post about what seems to be a great parish in Atlantic City – St. Nicholas Karen from Tucson will be coming into the Church in a couple of weeks and her blog is a wonderful place to catch  – or recapture – the…
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