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As many of you know, last Friday a sex abuse settlement was announced related to cases pending in against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 45 accusers will be awarded a 60 million dollar settlement. From Friday’s paper: Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said Friday that the Los Angeles Archdiocese had agreed to pay $60 million to…

Very interesting – via Zadok And speaking WikiSpeak – don’t forget the Catholic Catechetical Review Wiki project.

Possibly this: Benedict XVI and Bartholomew I are examining the possibility of opening together the next round of the Joint Theological Commission to show their shared desire to pursue the path of full communion. According to sources from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the meeting should take place in Ravenna (Italy) in the early months…

We can add a new Dominican students blog to our list: Godzdogz: ‘Godzdogz’ is an internet-based project of the student-brothers of the English Dominican Province. On this site you will find four main sections which are based upon the main features of Dominican life: 1) Preaching: As brothers (friars) of the Order of Preachers, this…

Take a look at the letter from the Church Music Association of America’s president, William Mahrt. It’s a helpful summary of where sacred music is and sounds a hopeful note as to where it’s going. If you’re at all interested in sacred music, make the CMAA site a regular part of your week, consider subscribing…

Bookstore is still open and today I’ll flog Here.Now. A Catholic Guide to the Good Life. It’s a book I wrote for young adults – folks from 18-30. The purpose of the book is to try to help the reader connect faith and life – to toss around all of the questions we have about…

We have a "What Did You Hear" thread going down below, with some really interesting accounts of First Sunday of Advent Masses from around the country – and the world.

If you want just a bit more wrap-up, go to the last two pages of this thread at the Papa Ratzinger Forum. Translations of articles in the European and Turkish press, with interesting tidbits here and there, including a nice photo of that event – not very widely reported (we mentioned it here, though) of…

The Vatican statement: Blunt. 2) The ordination in Xuzhou is the latest — chronologically — in a series of illegitimate episcopal ordinations that have afflicted the Catholic Church in China for decades, creating division in diocesan communities and tormenting the conscience of many clerics and faithful. This series of extremely grave acts, which offend the…

…about the internet is that you can type a few words, click a button and BAM! you get hundreds of recipes for (a low-fat, no dairy) "Potato and Leek Casserole." Trouble is…it’s the same Potato and Leek Casserole, every blasted time. Is there only one? (Not to worry…I’m evolving my own as we speak. My…
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