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Gashwin Gomes has a great analysis and good links related to the Vatican-Oscar Wilde (non) story that’s grabbed some headlines.

Son David is here for a few days. He arrived last night, while Michael the Toddler was upstairs. Then I went downstairs into the basement to finish getting it ready for the guest, and by the time I got back up, Michael the Toddler was in the living room. (Are you following this?). He (Michael)…

The CNS story: A Rome monsignor has composed an extravagant musical version of "The Divine Comedy," featuring symphonic music in heaven, Gregorian chant in purgatory and hard rock in hell. That’s not a value judgment on rock music — it just seemed to fit the spirit of rebellion in Dante’s description of the inferno, Msgr.…

Time to clean out the emailbox. Apologies to those who have sent me links over the past weeks without seeing them linked. But here goes, in no particular order. Perhaps there is something here that will interest you: Aimee Milburn writes: I wrote an entire paper on Habermas’ new thought for a class this term,…

We went to Mass today, Katie and I – noon Mass – she’s still out of school, doesn’t start until next week. (Although she *does* have a Debate meet tomorrow somewhere in Indy for which she must be at school at gulp 5 AM to catch the bus). She was surprised at how crowded it…

Fr. Paul Francis, C.P. of Glasgow, who has written a book on him, blogs today about Blessed Charles, whose miracle was approved by the Vatican before Christmas, and who, when canonized, will be the first canonized saint to have died in Ireland (Fr. Paul Francis points out that the earliest Irish saints were not canonized,…

Take a look at the composition of this CNS shot of the new, Extremely Powerful, Speaker of the House, on their front page today: Well played. Accompanied, however, by this story. which mentions life issues, but with a "gosh, it’s too bad" kind of attitude. But Pelosi’s voting record on abortion, stem-cell research and other…

For years, folks have been saying that the next big RC scandal would be financial. Today, the NYTimes reported on a study from some Villanova University researchers hinting at the wide scope of the problem: A survey by researchers at Villanova University has found that 85 percent of Roman Catholic dioceses that responded had discovered…

Your meditative quote of the day. Here: I am still moved to tears every Mass as I watch the whole world come forward to receive the Lord.

…for the next five months. I have two books to write. Non-fiction, religion-type, Catholic books. Deadline: May for both. A few pamphlets. Varia. Over the next month, I want to finish the YA novel (3 chapters to go), send it off to people who might help me get it published, and then start on the…
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