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A fascinating Dominican saint today: from a biography at an OP (not Ocean Pacific) website: In 1218, Bishop Kadlubec retired, and Hyacinth’s own uncle, Ivo Odrowaz, was selected as his successor. He immediately set out for Rome to confirm his appointment, and Hyacinth was among his companions. St. Dominic was at Rome at that time,…

A powerful piece from today’s WSJ – a woman of Russian parents responds to Ms. Magazine’s request that women proudly declare their value-neutral abortions. Like most Soviet-era fetuses conceived in Russia by couples who were already parents, I was scheduled for abortion as a matter of course. In a society where abortion was the only…

His most recent newspaper column: Catholics who do know history may remember the following:Islam has embraced armed military expansion for religious purposes since its earliest decades. In contrast, Christianity struggled in its divided attitudes toward military force and state power for its first 300 years. No “theology of Crusade” existed in Western Christian thought until…

Robert T. Miller wonders On August 1, I criticized Pope Benedict XVI’s call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Since then, he has granted an interview to some German journalists in anticipation of his upcoming trip to Bavaria. Asked about the fighting in the Middle East, he said in…

Yes, there was a General Audience today, and during it, Pope Benedict paid tribute to Brother Roger of Taize, who was killed one year ago today. And here’s a translation of the rest of it: A lovely snippet: The Assumption evokes a mystery that is of interest to each of us, because, as the Second…

Great news for Catholic podcasts – No less than THREE SQPN podcasts have won the prestigious Podcast Award this year. The Rosary Army Catholic Podcast won the award for Best General Podcast; the Daily Breakfast won the award for Best Religious Podcast, and the Catholic Insider won its second Podcast Award in the category Mobile…

I think reader Maria has cleared this up for us: From The Soul of the Embryo: An enquiry into the status of the human embryo in the Christian tradition by David Albert Jones, London: Continuum Books, 2004; ISBN 0 8264 6296 0. A great book but unfortunately difficult to get here in the States. To…

Fr. Rob has a provocative post, based on a passage he read in Jonathan Englert’s The Collar Martin Farkus has a new blog

Yesterday, Benedict celebrated Mass at a parish in Castel Gandolfo – Teresa at PRF has translated the text of his homily, which was delivered extemporaneously. In Mary, God truly dwelt and became present here on earth. Mary became His shelter. That which all cultures have desired – that God live among us – was realized…

Some of the Carey anti-Catholic street preachers make their appearance on Dave Hartline’s site: Do you not see the difference between the Bible and Catholicism? When the Bible says that all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God, it means it! That includes Mary and the pope. I mean if Mary had…
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