Sandro Magister finally weighs in with a piece on recent rumblings on the indult rumor, bringing in the French episcopal reaction, in case you missed all that last week. Cardinal Arinze was in St. Louis this past weekend, speaking at the Gateway Liturgical Conference: In his address on Saturday, titled, "Language in the Latin Rite…

If you’re interested, the public sessions of the USCCB meeting are being aired on EWTN, and you can watch online. The bishops meet in Baltimore through Thursday, but only the Monday and Tuesday sessions are public. The rest are "executive sessions" closed to the press and public. I’ll have it on and if anything interesting…

If you don’t know anything about Saint Frances Cabrini beyond her name…change that. Mother Cabrini was truly an astonishing woman whose life is as vigorous an expression the power and transformation that happens when we give ourselves over to Christ. Of less than perfect health, Frances was inspired by missionary stories told to her as…

The Pope at today’s Angelus "Jesus taught his disciples to pray by asking the heavenly Father not for ‘my’ but for ‘our’ daily bread. Thus he wanted every man to feel co-responsibility for his brothers, so that no one would lack what is necessary to live.” In the reflection given by Benedict XVI before the…

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