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In case you missed it, there’s a What did you hear post down below particularly related to Respect Life Sunday. What interests me is sometimes people say something like, "We didn’t hear anything about Respect Life …he preached on the readings." Well, the point is…you could do both! Especially if you consider the readings we…

About a week ago, I had heard about the BBC/Panorama special on the supposed secret document enabling clerical sexual predators – it aired over the weekend. There are some responses out there from bishops and so on, – here is the statement from Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Chairman of the Catholic Office for the Protection of…

Just a note on this blog and what it is and what it’s not. First off, it’s over five years old now. Rather amazing. Secondly, while I used to do all-news all the time, I have been trying to back off from that, and am going to redouble my efforts in that direction. I have…

A close enough approximation of "swording."

Today is the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Michael has a nice post and a photo I had not seen before of St. Therese. The LIttle Way is an online store that features products related to St. Therese, Of particular interest are the French holy cards. The National Shrine of St. Therese…

We could head many posts with that title, but just for today, this AsiaNews essay by Jesuit Samir Khalil Samir. A bio from something Magister reprinted earlier this year from him: The author of the essay, Samir Khalil Samir, an Egyptian Jesuit, is a professor of Islamic studies and of the history of Arab culture…

The last Angelus at Castel Gandolofo: Taking his queue (sic) from the feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Most Holy Rosary on 7 October, Benedict XVI said “Our Lady” invites us to “rediscover the beauty of this prayer”. Even the “beloved John Paul II was a great apostle of the Rosary: we remember him…

We’ll revive "What did you hear" for this Sunday…did your parish observe "Respect LIfe Sunday" this weekend? The USCCB Respect Life materials are here, and the articles are very good – which is no surprise – they usually are. Articles are by Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Maggie Gallagher, Jennifer Roback Morse, and others. You might be…

Today is the memorial of St. Jerome – whom we should go read about right now. Let’s see…where? Start here for a brief introduction Here Links to online texts of many of his works, including his letters, here. From his commentary on Isaiah, which is in today’s Office of Readings: For if, as Paul says,…

The Sun-Sentinel focuses on the parish’s new pastor, and how he has been trying to clean up the mess he was left The Palm Beach Post has more details of the ongoing investigation: Skehan, 79, was arrested at Palm Beach International Airport on Wednesday night as he returned on a flight from his native Ireland.…
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