Gashwin Gomes is home for the summer and reports on DVC encounters he’s had, as well as the Indian Church’s response (Sony agreed to a 15-second disclaimer for India) So, guess what the sweet white-haired Indian auntie and the middle-aged Nepalese lady in my row on the flight over were talking about? Yep. The Da…

From earlier today: The greatness of Christ’s priesthood can make us tremble. We can be tempted to cry out with Peter: "Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man" (Lk 5:8), because we find it hard to believe that Christ called us specifically. Could he not have chosen someone else, more capable, more…

Raging anti-religionist Christopher HItchens has a deeply traditional Anglican brother, Peter, whose latest for the Daily Mail takes some bishops to task: Here’s what we should really be worrying about: the dismal conditions of the British ‘poor’ are often the result of their moral and educational deprivation, and of the collapse of order – not…

Ed Peters reviews a new website: Msgr. Cormac Burke is an Irish priest of the prelature Opus Dei, a member of the Irish bar, professor of modern languages, and a prolific theological author. More than all of these, though, Msgr. Burke is one of the world’s most influential English-speaking canon lawyers, serving 13 years on…

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