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Jen Ambrose has a great post about an intriguing event in Pittsburgh – no not THAT ONE… Saturday afternoon Myles and I went to an annual Carpatho-Rusyn event. There were folk singers, dancing, artisan demonstrations, ethnic food–all the makings of a Pittsburgh church picnic except instead of at a church this was held at the…

In the discussion of the Pittsburgh 12 at various Catholic blogs there’s been quite a bit of cheap shooting going around about these women’s ages and even appearance.  It’s too bad, because there’s plenty to hash out and critique in this showboating affair without screaming about grannies and grey hair. It’s perfectly legit to point…

People often write and ask how to search the blog archives here. I don’t have a search engine connected here, but the best way is to just go to your search engine, enter my name in quotes, "Open Book" and whatever subject you’re looking for – you can also, of course, do advanced searches on…

A Texas town’s troubles: too many tax-exampt institutions (aka churches) …not enough tax revenue to run the town! They are not the words one expects to hear from a politician or a Southerner, and Leonard Scarcella is both: "Our city has an excessive number of churches." Scarcella is mayor of this Houston-area community, which has…

Here. There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI…

The memorial page for little Joshua Schmeidicke, son of Andrew and author Regina Doman Schmeidicke, is filling out, with texts of his mother’s eulogy and other tributes, including a guest book. Fr. Benedict Groeschel was in attendance at the wake and offered remarks, including this: In what was the most moving part of his remarks,…

Ann Rogers does an excellent job writing about the ordinations – finding a voice for the story who states the obvious: Phyllis Zagano, a senior research associate at Hofstra University on Long Island is a Catholic theologian who advocates the ordination of women to the diaconate, because that discussion is still permitted in the church.…

On this feastday of St. Alphonsus Liguori, we can report (well, er..the blogger at Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam reports) that Liguori Press has pulled the books authored by Bridget  Mary Meehan, on of the Pittsburgh Boaters – here’s the Liguori Press site .

On the Archdiocesan website: We do not know absolutely if the Cardinal is cured nor can we say definitively that he is cancer-free. What we can say is that the Cardinal is a cancer survivor with a good prognosis and that there is no evidence for any cancer remaining in his body. Cardinal George will…

The pope’s secretary, Msgr. George Gaenswein, celebrated his 50th birthday a day or two ago – the European press took note of this because they take note of much of what the Msgr. does because well, he’s that good-looking man who’s always standing behind the Pope, taking his glasses, and handing him his papers. The…
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