One more good link from the Archaeological Institue of America: The identification of the Talpiyot tomb as the tomb of Jesus and his family is based on a string of problematic and unsubstantiated claims, including adding an otherwise unattested Matthew (Matya) to the family of Jesus; identifying an otherwise unknown son of Jesus named Judah;…

Today, Sandro Magister points out two recent commentaries reflecting on the NeoCatechumenal Way – a lay movement that is controversial for various reasons, most concretely their liturgies. The NCW has been given until June to re-consider and reshape certain problematic aspects of their liturgies. Magister (who has always been critical of NCW): In December of…

Katie and I went to see Amazing Grace today. Good film, definitely worth seeing for several reasons: 1) It’s an entertaining, well-made, substantive film in and of itself. The performances are uniformly fantastic with some "great faces," as my mother would say. Standouts for me were Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarskon and Michael Gambon as…

…in the shadow of St. Peter’s. The PNAC has started an a part of its website to the Clericus Cup – the soccer tournament between teams representing the major seminaries in Rome. Keep up to date there. (There’s also an official site that is supposedly here, but I can’t get it to load.) The tournament…

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