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…from Islam. The coauthor of a new book: Q: Is there a pastoral program for converts from Islam? Paolucci: The Italian episcopal conference has prepared a document, "Catechumens Converted from Islam," written by Walther Ruspi. There is in fact much caution because many of the converted Muslims risk their lives. It is a problem of…

Rocco reports on the public outcome of the meeting with Cardinal Egan today. A statement from the Archdiocesan priest’s council: We are appalled that the letter was sent anonymously, and that it can and has been used by those who seek to damage the Church.  As today’s meeting has shown, it is possible to meet…

Williiam Tighe has a helpful post on all of the various bodies of American Anglicanism.

"Fired" from the Gregorian? He’s famous in the Vatican. His name is Fr. Reginald Foster, O.C.D., a Carmelite priest from near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a student in Rome in the early 1960s, was ordained there, and has lived there since. Since 1975 he has been teaching Latin full-time at Rome’s Jesuit University, the Gregoriana.…

A new page from Catholic News Service – featuring interesting stories from CNS clients – diocesan papers, etc. Worth a bookmark! And remember – John Allen is posting every day now – today with an interesting story about a mosque in Genoa: Genoa’s Muslims have been looking to build a mosque for at least six…

If you watched the canonization Mass yesterday, you noted that the Gospel was chanted first in Latin, then in Greek. This isn’t an innovation – it’s a standard element of the Pontifical High Mass, as offered by the Pope – if Latin is the language of the Mass. (A bishop can offer a Pontifical High…

Michael has a review of Tom Craughwell’s book, a review with which I concur. It’s good for young people to read, as well.

A Telegraph article about some problems: The Vatican has demanded financial details from every Roman Catholic diocese in England and Wales after Church bureaucrats left a bishop £10.2 million in debt. Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, the Pope’s ambassador to Britain, has asked local bishops for evidence to show that their accounts conform with Church and…

Various: The BBC/Panorama special on "Sex Crimes and Vatican" is posted on Google Video New blog: "Dear God, This is Kelly" "The Euthanasia Blues" – a song and video at YouTube Here’s the creator’s website – Norman Kunc, a Canadian disability rights advocate. Via Wesley Smith – who has, as usual, many other good and…

Much of the Catholic blogosphere has been abuzz the past couple of days with news of Rod Dreher’s announcement of his chrismation in the Orthodox Church. There are two posts- one longer than the other – on Rod’s blog on Beliefnet about this. However, Rod tells me that Beliefnet is in the process of a…
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