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aka…my son. Scheduled to fly out of Heathrow the day the bomb plots were revealed and the whole place was sent into turmoil. Back home in Blacksburg, he goes to work on campus and finds…the place shut down because of an escaped convict. (Talk about making wretched life choices – the fellow was awaiting trial…

An AP story about new efforts to extend the outreach of Crisis Pregnancy Centers into inner cities Now the two largest networks — Care Net and Heartbeat International — have launched initiatives to change that equation. Their sometimes awkward efforts rely on unlikely alliances, as an anti-abortion movement led mostly by conservative, white Republicans interacts…

Coming in October: Fr Chalerm Kitmongkhol explained the logo selected for the AMC that depicts a map of Asia surmounted by a stylized cross and dove: “The map of Asia represents all of us; the cross symbolizes Jesus Christ; the dove the Holy Spirit. The overall meaning is that Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit,…

Australian Catholic blogger Shannon Donahoo has several interesting posts: He attended the installation of the new Archbishop of Canberra, has photos and excerpts from the Archbishop’s excellent homily with more here. Comments on the continuing conflict in a parish in Redfern between advocates for an Aboriginal focus and the Neo-Catechumenal priests who’ve been sent to…

Assyrian Christians Turkey showing signs of life: Still, compared to only a few years ago, there is a sense of slow renewal in several of the traditionally Assyrian villages in the area around Midyat. In the village of Kalit, a collection of old stone houses surrounded by green vineyards, Diaspora funds sent from Germany and…

Okay, now, in one of the churches around here, the traditionally ethnic German parish which is magnificent condition and only been minimally "renovated," there are lights. What I mean by that is that the high altar and both side altars – totally Gothic in every way – are outlined and filled in, as it were,…

Fr. Coyne is replaced: Benedict XVI appointed Jesuit Father José Gabriel Funes as the new director of the Vatican Astronomical Observatory, replacing Jesuit Father George Coyne. Father Coyne, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, had been director of the observatory since 1978. The Vatican press office announced the new director on Saturday. Father Funes, 43, is…

A Pakistani immigrant woman was killed by her father on August 11, in Brescia, in Northern Italy, for refusing an arranged marriage. A Zenit story on the killing and various reactions, including the head of the Pakistani Catholic bishops’ conference.

Sunday evening, the Archdiocese of Monaco presented a performance of Charles Peguy’s three-act drama «Mystère de la Charité de Jeanne d’Arc» (Mystery of Joan of Arc’s Charity) at Castel Gandolfo. The Pope had some remarks: In this text of great richness, Peguy is able to depict powerfully the passionate cry that Joan raised to God,…

USA Today reports: A rather interesting angle – trying to make sure the Christians stay so the present government power balance can be maintained – but with some unanswered questions, nonetheless: Since last month, the 63-year-old priest has braved bombs, rockets and ground clashes between Israeli forces and the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah, racing over…
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