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Book claims Karl Rove enlisted clergymen to exorcise Hilary Clinton’s liberal spirit from his White House office. Rove’s people deny this, but…. Deal Hudson, a former Fordham University professor Rove enlisted to woo Catholic voters, told Moore and Slater that he witnessed the exorcism, which he described as "an actual liturgical ceremony." Hudson did not…

A Chicago Tribune story on Cardinal George, polio and other survivors of the disease: George, 69, contracted polio at age 13; to this day, he wears a leg brace to support muscles ravaged by the viral illness. Felde, 58, caught the disease as an 11-month-old infant and has lived with its aftereffects ever since. "As…

A Bolivian orphanage – supported by an extensive mission outreach of the Archdiocese of St. Louis A group of about 30 from the Archdiocese of St. Louis recently visited Hogar Villegas. They left impressed by the spotless facility, the care the children receive and the love that is shown. Rosario Arnao, administrator of Hogar, said…

A reader sends this along: I recently attended a wedding in Madison, WI and this past Saturday morning (9/2) I visited the Farmer’s Market surrounding the capitol. My family noticed that Planned Parenthood had a table there and they were giving balloons to children. These balloons had their name and logo on them. While I…

You thought it was just about stocky, brightly-colored characters juggling and making bread… Well you were wrong! Go visit The dePaola Code to learn the truth!

We’ll always have Venice. Vatican awards film prize… The Vatican awarded its annual cinema prize to Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yuan, saying his movies have depicted people’s search for spiritual meaning. U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, presented the Bresson Prize to Zhang at the Venice Film Festival Sept.…

Huh. Who’d have thought that an article on Zoroastrianism would generate as much conversation as it has. Here’s the article – by Laurie Goodstein in the NYtimes. Her point – that the ancient religion seems to be dying out. Mollie at Get Religion points out this commentary which accuses Goodstein of having a bllind spot,…

This article in Le Monde says as much (I think) – in French. Feel free to translate! (The gist of this first paragraph – Cardinal Ratzinger gave Communion to Brother Roger at John Paul II’s funeral. Questions and controversy arose. The engima is solved – he came into communion with the Roman Catholic Church in…

Reader notes, related to various previous posts and interests: I had a week-long conference in SF this summer.  I was staying at the Marriott, just around the corner from St. Patrick’s.  Between proximity and a sung Latin Mass, I didn’t have to think long about where I would go to Mass on Sunday.  I noticed…

A good nationwide effort on September 16 – Catholic youth groups from across the country committing to wash cars on that day, with money earned to go to pregnancy centers.
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