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The Blog By the Sea has translated Cardinal Arinze’s speech in Paris last week – that is the second post on the page. The first is a lengthy, very helpful look at the situation with the French bishops and the Levebvrites, pulling many threads together.

Last week, the Irish bishops had their ad limina visits with the Pope. Here are his final words to them: The present time brings many new opportunities to bear witness to Christ and fresh challenges for the Church in Ireland. You have spoken about the consequences for society of the rise in prosperity that the…

(post corrected. I read too fast and too early initially.) Michigan Catholics and the vote for governor: Michigan Catholics are on their own in this year’s race for governor. Gov. Jennifer Granholm, while supportive of many of the social policies the Roman Catholic Church favors, is for abortion rights, and she supports expanded embryonic stem…

This reader’s uncle is a lapsed Catholic, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer that has progressed to a very serious point: I’m putting together my own card and "care package", and I am wondering if there are any suggestions for a Catholic book that might be good for a man in his situation, a lapsed Catholic…

Matthew of Whapping got interviewed by NPR today on Rumors of Indults – What happened was NPR sent a little news team down to St. Agnes on 43rd Street to do a parishioner-in-the-street interview. And I was the parishioner. This is another bit of evidence that Indult Fever is verily and truly upon us, and…

John Allen reports on a report: Pope Benedict XVI is set to name a Brazilian cardinal known as a longtime supporter of the liberation theology movement to a senior Vatican post, according to an Italian news report today. Writing in the Italian daily La Stampa, veteran Vatican writer Marco Tosatti reported that Cardinal Cláudio Hummes,…

A recent missive from the Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin: The question arises, does some of the music routinely sung embody the incorrect overemphasis on the presence of Christ in the assembly, so that people are confused as to the importance of the sacramental intensity of His presence, especially under the signs of bread and wine.…

It’s not flawless, because nothing is, but this article from the Allentown paper sets a decent standard for coverage of the maybe-impending-indult. It even addresses the "what to call it" issue: While most of the old rite is in Latin, calling it the Latin Mass is misleading, because the new Mass is sometimes said in…

For some reason, the Scottish Church just keeps jumping on the radar of late. Today, it’s this: THE leaders of the Catholic Church in Scotland have descended into an extraordinary public spat over claims by a "rogue bishop" that they do not speak out enough against homosexuality. In an unprecedented move, the Church’s two most…

Today during the Sunday Angelus, the Latin text of the prayers was shown on big screens in St. Peter’s Square (they put up those screens for major events) – In St Peter’s Square, on a sunny day reminiscent of summer, the Latin text of the Angelus prayer was shown on maxi screens for the first…
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