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Speaking of Gashwin (sort of – see below), John Allen spoke at the University of South Carolina last night, and has reflections: Finally, a young woman from Belgium, whose name I unfortunately didn’t catch, wanted to press me on what I said about the crisis of faith in contemporary Europe. First, she asked, isn’t some…

A Christian Science Monitor story on a priest who has taken on a unique task: The confessions that Father Patrick Desbois receives don’t come from his parishioners. They are not made behind closed doors. They don’t even come from his countrymen. The words the French priest hears are the unburdening of villagers from Ukraine –…

Various statements, interviews and such have been coming from the French bishops all week, as they have met in Lourdes. Their comments have only served to deepen the mystery of exactly what is going on with this rumored "Freeing of the Mass." Some have taken these words to mean that the French bishops have managed…

Today is the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. Why? It’s the Pope’s church, as Bishop of Rome – so, in a sense, it’s the parish church of every Catholic. Today the Church celebrates the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. The Basilica of…

Give a listen to Sunday’s Early Music Show on BBC3: Lucie Skeaping visits Eton College in Berkshire to look at the Eton Choirbook, the most outstanding choirbook to have survived the Reformation. She is joined by Jeremy Summerly and they discuss the importance of this vast book and play music by the most important composers…

Today, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the federal partial-birth abortion ban. Transcripts of the arguments are here and here. Commentary from Scotusblog here: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, proceeding calmly, cautiously and analytically, left the clear impression on Wednesday that his vote may be available to strike down Congress’ first attempt to impose a nationwide…

Just a little bit – Jody Bottum at FT on right, left, the war and (a bit of) the election: The middle in American politics, the non-ideological voters, were always changeable. If the war went well, they would support it; if the war went poorly, they would lose patience. But even that is insufficient to…

Hey, if Sullivan can do it, so can I: Not our cat. Roaming cat that has been unofficially adopted by neighbors. A very committed hunter, fascinating to watch. Catching chimpmunks makes you thirsty, apparently.

A thorough look , NCR(eporter) at the extreme difficulties in Spokane these days: Spokane is a church divided. The competing sentiments of spiritual anger and anguish lie at the heart of the bitter bankruptcy proceedings here, which recently entered into final stages of mediation. If mediation fails, Spokane could become the first diocese to be…

You know that what the Vatican published as the Pope’s speech to the Swiss bishops yesterday…wasn’t. That’s was all quite strange. I keep trying to imagine how that could happen, but just can’t. Anyway, they’ve published the remarks, which were apparently delivered extemporaneously, and are in German, so I really can’t even make a pass…
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