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Mel Gibson is doing with Apocalypto what he did with The Passion of the Christ  – traveling around to odd little places here and there, showing a cut of the film. The emphasis this times seems to be with Native American groups. (in Oklahoma, for example) Harry Knowles of Aint-it-Cool-News watched it twice – including…

Here’s the text of what he said. (Delivered in French, btw) Why is inter-religious dialogue necessary? What does it accomplish? Inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue is a necessity for building together this world of peace and fraternity ardently desired by all people of good will. In this area, our contemporaries expect from us an eloquent witness…

I’m back – have been since Sunday morning, but then headed off immediately to Indianapolis to accompany everyone else on an outing that was originally conceived so that everyone could get out of the house and let Mom sleep (yes that was the only motivation…), but since Mom had slept on the plane Saturday night…

I’m here in Napa, getting ready to go to Mass, offered by..,Cardinal Mahony. Well, that will be a first for me. Then it’s dinner at a winery and back here at 1am my time or so… On the plane, I read the requisite two books, plus got some more of my Papal States book read…

Cardinal O’Malley’s got another blog post up – he’s getting the hang of this – blogs about travelling pains…and he even uses "LOL" in a post..!   While walking through the never ending terminal in Frankfurt….I thought we were going to walk to Rome after what seemed like a three mile journey from our arrival…

Ambassadors from Muslim nations invited to Vatican on Monday Pope Benedict XVI has invited ambassadors from Muslim nations to meet him on Monday in a bid to calm anger over his use of a medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence. The pontiff will open the doors of his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo,…

There were more than 6 of them – more like 233. It was the largest mass-beatification in the Church’s history, on March 11, 2001. Here is the text of John Paul II’s homily on the occasion of the beatification of these martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. If you click on the picture, you will…

Heaven On Earth: The Theology and Design of Catholic Church Buildings – 10/25-27 at Mundelein in Chicago Modernity: Yearning for the Infinite  – 11/30-12/2, sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.

Another Dem presents a different abortion-reduction proposal Just six days after a group of Democrats from the House of Representatives announced legislation aimed at reducing the number of abortions in the United States, a second bill with the same goal was presented by another House Democrat. The proposed legislation, Pregnant Women Support Act, was unveiled…

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N. office at Geneva, at the Second Session of the Human Rights Council, held today in Geneva: Thank you for the time allotted to discuss the issues of religious tolerance and freedom, topics that certainly require careful and extended reflection in the years ahead. For…
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