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A 1-hour cartoon on the life of John Paul II – "Friend of All Humanity" – is being released this week. Produced by Cavin Cooper Productions in Barcelona in cooperation with Vatican Television. The trailer is available here. All we see is the characters who provide the framing device for the narrative – a book…

English text of Benedict’s homily at today’s canonization Mass: Four new saints are proposed today for the veneration of the universal Church: Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Filippo Smaldone, Rosa Venerini and Théodore Guérin. Their names will forever be remembered. In contrast, we think immediately of the ‘rich young man’ in the Gospel we just heard.…

2 bits: On the recruitment of Polish priests to serve the growing Polish population (commented on here before – the Polish population of England is growing as well, presenting a spark and a challenge to the RC Church all over) Poles, who are almost all Catholic, forged strong links with Scotland during the second world…

Here’s a must-listen – well, perhaps for some of you. Today’s Early Music Show on BBC3 featured a program recorded in August on location during the Elche Mystery Play in Spain. Host Catherine Bott and expert David Ward give background, context, descriptive narration of the goings on with, of course, loads of marvelous music –…

Joseph reports they are talking about spiders in school. He remembers that he owns a book on spiders, and gets excited about taking it to school and sharing it with the class. He also gets excited when he remembers that yesterday, during class, he participated in a discussion. "I raised my hand," he said proudly,…

Pro-Life feminists have consistently pointed to the opposition to abortion by 19th and early 20th century woman’s right advocates. A few months ago, a Feminists for Life member purchased Susan B. Anthony’s home and has put it in the care of FFLA for care and management, something that greatly irritates the writer of yesterday’s NYTimes…

"Recovering Dissident Catholic" blogger (from St. Joan of Arc, no less!) Cathy of Alex points us to an LATimes article from last week about the South Dakota abortion referendum campaign, and how the pro-life tactics have thrown the other side a bit off balance. If voters reject the ban, abortion-rights advocates hope it will deter…

From Gregory the Great, in today’s Office of Readings: There is something else about the life of the shepherds, dearest brothers, which discourages me greatly. But lest what I claim should seem unjust to anyone, I accuse myself of the very same thing, although I fall into it unwillingly – compelled by the urgency of…

CNS story on the popularity of the Pope’s writings. The missing piece in the article (except for the last paragraph in the section I’m quoting)  is the question of language. In what language are these books and booklets being produced? Italian only? What? Vatican is preparing to publish Pope Benedict XVI’s biggest book to date:…

Big mess in the Archdiocese of NY- a letter of dissatisfaction circulating among priests, calling for a vote of no confidence in Cardinal Egan, with now a meeting for Monday called by him. – Rocco’s been covering it, and the story’s made the papers – I imagine we’ll see more over the weekend. Daily News…
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