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This is important: a group of parishioners from St. Patrick’s in Palm Beach Gardens has gone public with documents showing that they repeatedly expressed their concerns about Fr. Francis Guinan’s handling of finances in their parish to the diocese. (Guinan was the guy that the long-time pastor, Skehan, brought into replace him at St. Vincent…

Today, we remember Blessed  Fr. Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss.R, born in Bavaria, but associated with the United States – he joined the Redemptorists especially to minister to immigrants in this country. Blessed Francis attended seminary and was ordained in Baltimore. He ministered in Maryland, Pittsburgh and Detroit – and was in fact proposed as Bishop…

Ed Peters has an interesting ongoing list of known excommunications of various types over the past 20 years or so

The Supreme Court reject the appeal on the constitutionality of that "Be a Muslim for a Month" public middle school unit. The suit challenged the content of a seventh-grade history course at Excelsior Middle School in Byron in the fall of 2001. The teacher, using an instructional guide, told students they would adopt roles as…

Sandro Magister reprints commentaries on the Regensburg lecture from two Muslim scholars, one supportive of Benedict’s point, and the other not so. Nayed reproves Benedict XVI for, among other things, trusting experts on Islam who are “hostile” toward this religion. And among these he cites Jesuit fathers Christian Troll and Samir Khalil Samir, whom the…

Time: 7 AM Scene: Our house Players: Me, the two Michaels. Michael the Daddy makes his way to the front door to leave for work. "Bye!" he says. Michael the Baby trots after him, happy as a clam. "Bye, Mommy! Bye, Mommy!" he calls over his shoulder. Poor little boy. Oh, well, I say to…

I don’t think I ever blogged on this, although I know I meant to. Sting’s newest album, Songs from the Labyrinth, is his performance, accompanying himself on lute, of the songs of 16th century composer John Dowland: Born in 1563, Dowland was recognised in his own lifetime as one of the greatest musicians in Europe.…

Well, I had every intention of taking Katie to hear Pia di Solenni speak at the University of St. Francis tonight at 7. And, indeed, we did make it over there, only to find people milling about in the lobby of the building, being told something by a student. Things were being switched around, he…

Here’s the agenda for the November meeting: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will hold its fall meeting at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel, November 13-16, 2006. The agenda will include: approval of a reorganization plan for their national conference; approval of a revision of the Lectionary for Mass for selected days in…

I’m serious. Whoever at the UK Times is responsible for this needs to be doused in the Thames: Pope tries to win hearts and minds by saving souls of unbaptised babies. That is beyond irresponsible. Newspapers: remember when you blather on about how dedicated you are to "truth" – we remember nonsense like this. And…
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