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When the appointment of new Detroit auxiliary Bishop Flores was announced, our comments box and emailbox was flooded with good wishes and high praise from people who knew him. It continues – this from a correspondent: I was in the seminary for a few years, and the last year I was there I had the…

Go to American Papist. He’s got it all – texts, news stories, photos. A very busy day – the Divine Liturgy, a visit with the Armenian Patriarch, the Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan, the Grand Rabbi of Turkey and the er…Catholics. We pray he is sleeping well tonight. Tomorrow he offers Mass at Holy Spirit Cathedral and…

Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong: China installed a new bishop on Thursday over the objections of the Vatican, prompting Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, to issue a blistering statement accusing mainland authorities of having threatened and kidnapped mainland clergy to make them participate in the ritual. Cardinal Zen said late…

Robert Moynihan has been on the journey to Turkey, and has posted several pieces at Inside the Vatican. Day 1 Day 2, on which he visits the the monastery at Halki, the site of the seminary, closed by the Turkish government. As we take the boat back towards the great city, the sun sets, blazing…

There are several exhibits related to our areas of interest around the country. Add more to the comments if you know of them! At the National Gallery, “Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych”. commented on by R.R. Reno at FT here: This scene of divine love drawing the Godhead into the wrenching realities of…

There’s what we call "weather" coming our way, but at this point, I’m still planning to be in Chicago on Friday and Saturday for two talks: Friday evening at 7:30, for the St. Mary of Angels Young Adult Group – I’ll be speaking on Advent. On Saturday, I’ll be giving an Advent Women’s Retreat at…

Last week, NCR(eporter) published an editorial on the sexuality statements that came out of the USCCB meeting. The editorial’s use of the term "breeding" prompted remarks here and there, since "breeding" and "breeder" are, in this culture, terms of derision used about people who dare to procreate, often used by certain elements of gay culture,…

One of the more interesting Catholic stories over the next couple of weeks involves ordinations. On December 10, many eyes will be on Archbishop Milingo as (he claims)  he ordains three married men to the priesthood at the end of a conference on marriage and the priesthood in Parsippany, New Jersey. The link takes you…

The People’s Republic of China, home of the 2008 Summer Olympics, is at it again, holding an ordination of a bishop unapproved by the Vatican and enticing and forcing bishops whose ordinations have been approved to take part: Two bishops in Hebei province have been detained to force them to take part in the ordination…

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