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Bishop Doran of Rockford undergoes surgery for lung cancer: Catholic priests across the Rockford area break some hard news to their parishioners during Saturday evening mass, telling them Bishop Thomas Doran has been diagnosed with lung cancer. …. the Bishop had several tumors removed from his lungs and is now recovering at the Mayo Clinic…

Who’s rejoicing? The news photogs assigned to the Sunday Angelus. Finally, they’ve got a slightly different setting in which to frame their subject: Photo credit. And his message – truly pastoral, realistic and faith-full: Today there were many children in the crowd of 40,000 people who took part in the recital of the Angelus in…

In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago – Dorothy Day’s Advent reflections, penned in 1966 for Ave Maria magazine. From week 3: on chastity. HOW PRESUMPTUOUS it is to try to treat of such a subject in a short article, when great books (like Dietrich von Hildebrand’s In Defense of Purity )have…

Thoughts from Michael: We may be overly familiar with this Christmas story to notice what it might be telling us. What exactly is a sign? It is not an end in and of itself but rather points to a greater reality. What is the sign the shepherds are told they will witness? They are told…

Some posts and other things: What is Gaudete Sunday? Fr. Rob looks forward to Mass at his parish: The proper chants for this Mass speak of and, it seems to me, embody the joyful expectation we have in this season of preparation for the Lord’s coming. The communion antiphon says "Take courage, you who are…

Thought I’d let you know in case you were going to be anywhere near Bari, Italy before May: The story of St. Nicholas and the extraordinary richness and variety of the art devoted to him are the themes of a feast of an exhibition, "St. Nicholas: Artistic Splendors of East and West." The show in…

A nice profile: Ask Sister Christina why she chose the Poor Clares, and she answers quickly: "Their spirituality." It is, she says, a love of Jesus that manifests itself in a deep concern for the world. "You love the world so much because he does," she says, and that is why the nuns split away…

Another article on immigrants transforming the RC Church in England, this one from the Guardian. I’d define this one as a "must-read." The writer takes on a rapid, detail-filled journey to Brazilians at Mass, South Asians at a St. Anthony Novena, Poles in Cardiff, strugging with all sorts of problems, with the Church as their…

There is a conversation going on down there in the "Penance" thread about the question of doing penance because of/for the sins of others. Zadok has a pertinent post: He is not the first person to suggest this, and I must confess that the first time I heard that suggestion my reaction was to think,…

This morning, the Vatican published decrees affirming miracles and martyrdoms of various blesseds and venerables. Primarily European, it appears, with a couple of Brazilians. It will, as it always is, be interesting to learn more about them as their causes progress. In addition, the new Archbishop of Toronto was announced: Archbishop Thomas Collins, presently Archbishop…
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