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On to China. What’s happened the past few days, after the ordination of that bishop, unapproved by the Vatican and the apparent forced participation by other clerics. Cardinal Zen on the general situation: The Vietnamese Church is “dynamic and vital, not least thanks to recent concessions by the government, which is moving ever closer towards…

Because, you know, contrarians abound, we’ve been subject to a raft of "Has the Pope gone soft" op-eds over the the past few days. Ian Fisher in the NYTimes, for example: HAS the pope gone wobbly? The question might matter less if he weren’t the man he is — and if the images of his…

Catholics are not Catholicism. The mistakes, the clumsiness, the inefficiences, the lack of concern of Catholics do not involve Catholicism itself. It is not the responsiblity of Catholicism to furnish an alibit for the shortcomings of Catholics. Jacques Maritain, Religion and Culture

From the BBC3 – available until the 10th. Playlist: Advent Prose: Rorate coeli (Plainsong)Processional Hymn: O come, O come, Emmanuel Bidding Prayer Carol: Adam lay y bounden (Philip Ledger) I :The Message of AdventSentence and CollectAntiphons: O Sapientia; O AdonaiFirst lesson: Isaiah 11 vv1-5Carol: Threshold of Night (Tarik O’Regan)Second lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5 vv1-11Anthem: This…

As you can see, I’m making progress on the YA novel. I would really like to try to have it done in the next 6 weeks or so. It just might happen. At that point then, I read and revise the whole thing – and it needs it. Funny thing is that you get to…

Don’t forget the St. Nicholas Center! The most marvelous, beautiful, complete web page on St. Nicholas out there.

He gave the final blessing …as Barney.

To Fr. Al Kimel, brilliant blogger, convert from Anglicanism, husband and father, ordained on Sunday by Bishop John Myers of Newark. Photos at the link. Author Dwight Longenecker has posted photos of his diaconate ordination, and will be ordained to the priesthood a week from Thursday by Bishop Baker of Charleston.

A NYTimes Travel piece on the Jesuit missons in Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina: Even now, the 30 existing missions are in widely varying states of repair, as I found during a weeklong journey through what was once known as the Jesuit Province of Paraquaria, and the infrastructure is hardly luxurious. I managed to visit more…

Vatican will maintain ties: The Vatican will move to resume relations with China after more than half a century if religious freedom is allowed but it will not abandon China’s diplomatic rival Taiwan, an official said on Tuesday. The Vatican, which Taiwan sees as an important ally as it fights for international legitimacy against China,…
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