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Hospitals…including one Catholic system in the Southwest – getting on board with offering free care to the uninsured, particularly those with chronic problems, who end up in the ER all the time.

Last week, Matthew at Whapping at a good post on these matters liturgical, giving us some historical perspective: While more regulations from Rome may help, it’s not the ultimate problem, which is the re-emergence of a vital and yet respectful spirit independent of legal technicalities, that which characterized the great liturgical traditions of the Middle…

As you know, last week saw a large gathering of representatives of the Italian Church in Verona. Pope Benedict gave a lengthy speech on Thursday morning, and celebrated Mass and preached later in the day. An official English translation of his very long speech to the Congress has finally been posted on the Vatican website.…

We interrupt all this heavy lifting to do a bit of bookblogging – mostly children’s books. For new readers – we do this occasionally here. I have 2 young children, and reading stories is a big part of our life – and since I have older children as well, it’s been a part of my…

How could we not post this story? Finland is one of the quieter members of the EU. But now its turn at the EU presidency has thrust it into the spotlight – and exposed an unusual passion. Like the boy at the party with cheese straws stuck up his nose, it has been caught doing…

Part 2 of the transcript of the Dawkins/Quinn debate.

…pulled from the comments on the Sheen post. Why is the Trinity Broadcast Network showing Life is Worth Living  – Fulton Sheen’s old show?

Part 2 of my thoughts on the Swallows piece will come later…that business down below wasn’t it.

Brief piece from the Chronicle of Higher Education on the cause of Archbishop Sheen, with a nice little sidebar on academic saints. Officials at the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation hope to finish preparing their case within a year. The whole process, which began in 2003, could cost up to $1-million, and it could be…

…can I do two substantive posts in 23 minutes, at which point I will switch of the wireless antenna on my computer and get to work on other things? First, I feel as if I need to come clean about my feelings on the whole Tridentine thing – new readers might be getting the wrong…
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