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From the pastor of Christ the King parish in the Orange County diocese – the celebrant of the Halloween Mass. In this week’s bulletin: November 8, 2006 Dear Bishop Brown: Since 1998, when we first began celebrating liturgies here in Aliso Viejo, a particular dynamic has always been the youthfulness of our community with an…

That’s what they call the process of pulling stories together for newspapers and magazines. God knows what’s going to come out. So yes, I’m quoted in this TIME article – the cover story on the Pope (and in case you’re interested in such things, I was just interviewed on Friday – so they move fast)…

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf has a bit of context on the mandate from the Congregation for Divine Worship that "pro multis" in the Eucharistic Prayers be translated as "for many" not as "for all." (it is translated as "for all" in the German, Spanish and French translations, according to Fr. Z – but not in the…

Douglas Bandow on the maybe not-so-bad news from Election ’06 Nevertheless, pro-life votes were lost. However, over the long term the drop in GOP abortion opponents might be balanced by the rise in the number of pro-life Democrats. So far the number is small, but the election points to a time when scores of Democrats…

Everything’s relative…I suppose. From the Gonzaga student paper: The Gregorian Schola, which sings the music for the Gregorian chant Mass in the Jesuit House Chapel, provides a refreshing break from the traditional Catholic Mass. Jeffrey Tucker comments More good stuff at New Liturgical Movement, including a report on a recent conference on church art and…

As you know, the Pope had a meeting yesterday with the heads of Curial dicasteries, inspired, apparently, by the Milingo situation. The official account of the meeting: This morning, Nov. 16, in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father presided over one of the periodic meetings of the Heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, for…

Elizabeth Lev points out some connections: The Patrons of the Vatican Museums were formed in 1983 as an international society organized from within the Holy See institution. The Patrons were dedicated to supporting and maintaining the art of the Vatican Museums. While there are chapters of Patrons in several parts of Europe, by far and…

John Allen has been in Ireland the past couple of days and reports on a chat with Archbishop Diarmiud Martin of Dublin: (remember, the bishops of Ireland recently concluded their ad limina visit in Rome, in which the topic of clerical sexual abuse came up) It was the pope’s first public statement on the sexual…

Honestly, here’s a story that the Catholic press needs to pick up. It’s pretty awesome. Gene Yang is an artist and comic book author who’s been on my radar for a couple of years now. He’s sent me copies of a few of his books, including his very nice Rosary Comic Book, published by Pauline…

Dimitri Cavalli, in today’s WSJ: The town of Bridgeport, W.Va. (pop. 7,300), recently became the site of the latest skirmish in the culture wars. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the West Virginia chapter of the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two plaintiffs against the county board of…
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