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The NYTimes is running a 4-part series on the issue of religious organizations and government regulation. It begins today with an overview: Religious organizations defend the exemptions as a way to recognize the benefits religious groups have provided — operating schools, orphanages, old-age homes and hospitals long before social welfare and education were widely seen…

Rod Dreher on the Amish and forgiveness: What sets hearts apart is how they deal with sins and tragedies. In his suicide note, Mr. Roberts said one reason he did what he did was out of anger at God for the death of his infant daughter in 1997. Wouldn’t any parent wonder why God allowed…

A few days ago, we linked to a CNS story on various Catholic voting guides that are out there. Today at Mirror of Justice, the blog dedicated to Catholic legal theory, Robert Araujo, S.J. takes a look at one of them: The last point made by the CACG pamphlet meriting comment in this posting concerns…

A few weeks ago we discussed The Century in Which Catholic Churches discovered electricity – and proceeded to line various architectural features with glowing bulbs, to various effects. The parish we usually attend here in the Fort has such an arrangement – bulbs that line the arches on the gothic altarpieces, as well as the…

You have…lots of apples. Hmmm. Well, we had applesauce earlier this week, and today is the day to make a dent in the rest of them. I’m not up for pastry, so today will be apple bread and apple muffins. Any other ideas?

My good friend Meggan  – next to whom I stood many times in college singing Lord of Glory, Sing to the Mountains, Blest be the Lord etc…(and enjoying it very much, I have no problem admitting) raises the question of difficulty of incorporating the ideals for sacred music that the Church lays out  – and…

Jody Bottum’s very long look at the Catholic Church in the US – the organizing metaphor is quite apt, especially since the piece climaxes, more or less, with a look at some recent events in the Diocese of Orange. There’s a lot to this piece – I’m still processing it, and will have more to…

Here’s a very, very helpful comment on music – our topic of the week – many thanks to the reader who took the time to write and share this: I have been reading with much interest the thread about the why the Church in the US has not implemented the directives concerning music which have…

The Palm Beach Post on a financial scheme of the two accused plus another priest. In his own defense: Greeted by police set to arrest him on grand theft charges at Palm Beach International Airport last month, the Rev. John Skehan "blurted out that he had misappropriated money" from St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, a…

Fr. Bruno Forte reports on the discussions of the International Theological Commission: The conclusions reached by the commission, which is only a consultative body, will be more thoroughly explained in a future paper. In the meantime, the highlights were presented by the newly-appointed bishop of Chieti-Vasto, theologian Bruno Forte, to the I Media news agency.…
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