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….but in a good way. About 1,800 faithful supporters, who came to the aid of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria when it was rocked by a multimillion-dollar financial scandal six years ago, have been repaid with interest. The diocese has managed to sell a 65-hectare parcel of land in Washington state, known as the…

It’s kind of nice, but also kind of strange, that Michael the Baby recognizes the Pope when he sees him… Anyway…today’s General Audience continued the catechesis on Paul: (scroll down) Today, as in the last two catecheses, we turn to St. Paul and his thinking. We are looking at a giant figure not only on…

The local paper takes note: BALTIMORE — St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke took center stage during debate on two controversial topics Tuesday as the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops met in Baltimore for their annual fall meeting. Burke, who is trained as a canon, or church, lawyer, submitted 10 amendments to two proposed documents, more than…

In a comment on this post on Archbishop Rowan Williams’ forthcoming official visit to Pope Benedict, William Tighe mentions something he’s heard On her blog, Ruth Gledhill picks it up and runs: The comment on Titus was posted by the well-informed US church history professor William Tighe. So it cannot be discounted. But the truth…

Speaking of Leeds, as we did below, the Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops of England and Wales met yesterday and today there. Here’s their statement from today: Statement from Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. "This historic meeting, forty years on from the visit of Archbishop Michael Ramsey…

An editorial from America: Among Turkey’s elites there is profound fear of political and cultural fragmentation, particularly of secession on the part of the sizable Kurdish population. Intellectual dissent from the standards of official Turkish identity—by acknowledging, for example, the Armenian genocide—remains a criminal offense. Though members of the Greek Orthodox Church make up only…

TIME notices that some religious orders are, indeed, growing… The main article is a look at some women who are entering religious life. It’s not exactly a piece on religious orders that are growing. The focus is definitely individual rather than institutional, and makes no mention of the liberalization and, some would argue, external secularization…

Today, Joseph was telling me, at typically great length, about art class. He was explaining how they had made little pots, and had to paint it, and he decided to paint his green, so he went to green table, and they were supposed to paint it two times, but he ran out of time so…

So, the pediatrician tells me that she is shutting down her practice and moving at the end of December. I say, "Oh, that’s too bad." She looks almost abashed and says, "I got an offer I couldn’t refuse." "Where?" "Orlando…" Michael said, "Did you ask her to take you with her?" Well, no – I…

The blogger CourageMan looks at the bishops’ document on ministry to homosexuals, and is impressed and grateful.
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