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(No English yet – but in short…Monsignor Paul Joseph Swain, Vicar General of the Diocese of Madison, born in 1943, has a law degree, served in the military, received into the Catholic Church in 1982, ordained in 1988.) Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato Vescovo di Sioux Falls (U.S.A.) il Rev.do Mons. Paul Joseph…

John Miesel, husband of author and frequent blog commentor Sandra Miesel, passed away Wednesday evening. Update: Sandra herself writes: John Miesel died peacefully on Wednesday night. He’d spent in last five weeks in a hospice where he received wonderful and loving care. I thank everyone for their prayers during his illness. It was less than…

Trujillo says no he didn’t A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo denied saying that the Vatican will excommunicate the doctors who performed Colombia’s first legal abortion on an 11-year old girl allegedly raped by…

I’m not even going to try to tell you how I arrived at this spot, but how can you resist a website dedicated to antique spectacles which contains a web page about "famous religious leaders and their spectacles?" On the sides of a Reliquary (photo 1) there are two niches. The one on the left…

Old Zhou writes to share enviable news and an invite: We (me and Mrs. Zhou) fly to Rome next Tuesday, arriving Wednesday Sep 6. We’ll be staying at the home of our good friend, St. Gregory the Great while in Rome, until Tues Sep 12 (Monasterio di San Gregorio Magno al Celio). We plan to…

Two articles of interest: Cistercian nuns in Wisconsin bake hosts, are trying to build a new monastery: Success has come at a price. Expansion of the bakery has encroached on other parts of the monastery, including the infirmary, workrooms and living quarters, known as cells. This shortage of space was an indication that a new…

Colombian Cardinal takes action: Cardinal Alfonso Llopez Trujillo announced Tuesday that the Colombian Catholic Church has excommunicated all persons involved in obtaining an abortion for an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant after she was raped. The order includes the judges, politicians and legislators involved in the decision, as well as the doctors, nurses and the…

A PW review of a new book: In this dense, learned study, Perry, a professor of theology at Manitoba’s Providence College, attempts to bridge the different accounts of Mary that have long divided Catholics and evangelicals. The book was born of Protestant Perry’s nagging sense that his tradition did not give the mother of Jesus…

Christianity Today interviews NYTimes columnist Nicholas Kristof, who has written quite a bit about global poverty and strife, and the role of religion in ameliorating it: What’s surprised you about covering evangelicals? There is a really important change going on within the evangelical community. In general, evangelicals had been a disproportionally isolationist constituency in the…

A college student writes: This semester at (State U. X.) I am taking a class, "Enlightenment and Modern World". Because of some comments my professor has made, implicitly equating the pre-Enlightenment period with "fanaticism" and inquisitions. I was wondering if either you or your readers know the following, and could document it: 1) Approximately how…
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