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Here’s the statement from the USCCB committee on international policy, chaired by Bishop Wenski of Orlando. * The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemns the terror and provocative acts of Hamas and Hezbollah that precipitated the crises, including cross-border attacks, abductions and the continuing indefensible rocket and missile attacks on Israeli citizens, both Jews…

A NYTimes review of a new book about anti-Semitism in Poland after WWII: In the most notorious episode, 60 years ago this month, residents of Kielce, among them policemen, soldiers and boy scouts, murdered 80 Jews. “The immense courtyard was still littered with blood-stained iron pipes, stones and clubs, which had been used to crush…

From the CNS story on the Vox Clara meeting: Archbishop Hughes said that as a member of a Vatican advisory body he was not free to share Vox Clara’s reactions to the U.S. text, or to try to guess how the congregation would respond to the U.S. bishops’ request for approval. However, he said: "Some…

See, here’s one thing I learned today. In one’s attempt to keep the baby’s attention high and mouth shut, it’s normal to try to point things out and build anticipation for what’s coming. But now I know it’s not a good idea to whisper "Bells, listen for the bells" in the buildup to the Consecration.…

See, here’s a good idea: Using a blog to keep folks update on a church renovation – in this case the Cathedral of the Diocese of Tulsa. (Tulsa’s ordinary is Bishop Slattery, formerly director of the Catholic Extension Society, on of our favorite charities benefitting the Church in the U.S. Earlier this year, Bishop Slattery…

Various links on bloggers and what the Church is doing: An eye-witness account from Lebanon, via an Antiochene Orthodox priest here. Fr. Jim Tucker (who provided that first link) has links to several bloggers in Lebanon. Maronite bishops issues a statement: An immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors; condemnation of the Israeli invasion…

Ann Rogers reflects speculation on various names for a new Pittsburgh bishop. Kurtz of Knoxville is mentioned – someone had written me a few weeks ago saying they’d heard a rumor of Kurtz for Louisville…rumors, rumors….

As you know, the Pope has asked that today be a day of prayer and penance for the cause of peace. Here is a translation of today’s Angelus, courtesy of Teresea at the Papa Ratzinger Forum: Dear brothers and sisters, As announced last Thursday, in view of the aggravating situation in the Middle East, I…

An article on the growing number of Vietnamese American priests. This changing face of the priesthood was on display recently when the Diocese of Orange, in Southern California, ordained two Vietnamese American seminarians — and a third clergyman — at a Mass celebrated in Vietnamese, Spanish and English. There now are 50 Asian priests, predominantly…

A NYTimes profile of the Roman Catholic bishop of Algeria…the land of St. Augustine, where Christianity has just about disappeared. When he began his work as a parish priest in 1958, there were more than 700 churches in the country. But even then Christianity was only an implant. Within months of Algeria’s independence from France…
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