From the Vatican: The Vatican shares the disappointment of those who had hoped the Rome summit on the Middle East would lead to an immediate cease-fire in the conflict along the Israeli-Lebanese border, Vatican officials said. The conclusion — supported by the United States — that a cease-fire should be called only once there are…

Fr. Guy of Shouts in the Piazza was in attendance at the episcopal ordination of Most Rev. Daniel Thomas as Titular Bishop of Bardstown and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and reports: It was also great to hear the traditional chant "Te Deum" after Communion as the new bishop made his way around the cathedral blessing…

The ordination of some women in Pittsburgh…watch for the press to fall all over itself trying to figure how to describe this, and if they say these women are being ordained Catholic priests who are not recognized by the church…write them a gentle correction. This blog discusses the issue, and makes note of something I’d…

From Ted Olsen, of Christianity Today Weblog: I was looking at this New York Times photo: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/07/27/world/27lebanon_600x370.jpg My first, cynical, thought was that it was posed. That’s because it’s so iconic. So iconic, in fact, that my second thought was, "Dude, it’s the Lebanon Pieta." Then I Google Image searched pieta (http://images.google.com/images?q=pieta ) and noticed…

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