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…but what can one expect, really. A British paper reports on how one hospital disposes of post-abortion remains. What makes it all worse are the reader comments, many of which amount to a shrug. But others ask the question regarding concerns about the sensitivies of the families of the aborted babies – what right do…

As you know, over the past weeks, Pope Benedict has been presenting a catechesis on the 12 Apostles during his weekly General Audience. Now it’s time for the "13th Apostle." Benedict XVI today announced a new cycle of catechesis to 25,000 people gathered for the general audience, since he has completed his depiction of the…

Rich Leonardi has a report from a Rome operative that all regularly scheduled Masses at St. Peter’s in Rome are now in Latin, except for the readings. Confirmation? Context? Here’s the Mass schedule at St. Peter’s from the website of Santa Susanna, the American, Paulist-run parish in Rome, not yet updated. Note what’s on top:…

John Allen did a Theology on Tap in NYC on Regensburg and the reaction…and is surprised that his audience doesn’t really have much hope for the Muslim end of things. What surprised me as we began to talk about these concepts was the depth of skepticism I sensed, as well as the fairly palpable irritation…

Just a couple of thoughts, inspired by your comments. It seems to me that the central question of the Bottum essay is this: Catholicism was "contained" in those nooks and crannies in which the swallows rested. Catholic culture – high and low, was the means by which the faith was expressed, learned, lived and passed…

Endowing a Human Rights Chair for a proponent of abortion makes no sense anywhere. But especially at a Catholic university. When the honoree is a priest. Georgetown University Law Center has named a human rights chair for a controversial priest who has been actively supportive of abortion during and after his time as a U.S.…

…not not that indult. Another one: Catholic News Service reports: At the direction of Pope Benedict XVI, extraordinary ministers of holy Communion will no longer be permitted to assist in the purification of the sacred vessels at Masses in the United States. In an Oct. 23 letter, Bishop William S. Skylstad, president of the U.S.…

People are having trouble commenting. Believe it or not, considering the number of comments we’ve had today. All I know is that Typepad is doing an upgrade – always bad news. Keep trying to commment, but COPY YOUR COMMENT TO YOUR NOTEPAD BEFORE YOU PUSH "PUBLISH." Just in case.

Jeremy Lott reviews Fr. Charles Curran’s autobiography: Read it – (the review, that is). Good stuff, and one pities Lott for having to take on the book. What’s interesting is Curran admitting that he and his supporters worked very hard to keep procedural, rather than substantive issues at the fore in regard to his position…

The October issue of First Things contains a very long piece by Jody Bottum: “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano: Catholic Culture in America.” Here’s the piece. I spent a couple of weeks mulling this piece, trying to figure out what was off about it. There’s much good in it – the central controlling…
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