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Christopher Johnson provides a succint intro to ECUSA (TEC?) events of the day. In short, the dioceses of Pittsburgh, San Joaquin, and South Carolina requested alternative primatial oversight. One of the largest Episcopal churches in the United States, located in Plano, Texas, announced its plans to exit the ECUSA yesterday. In addition, as Captain Yips…

Today’s the memorial of St. Irenaeus, who, in the second century, successfully repressed the real story of Jesus because he didn’t like it and was desperate to hide the real story of Mary Magdalene, Queen of the Sacred Feminine. Oh, no? Go read Mike Aquilina for the real story: And all of Irenaeus’s life gave…

A documentary on a sexually abusive cleric debuts in LA: Former Roman Catholic priest Oliver O’Grady, convicted in 1993 on four counts of lewd and lascivious acts on minors, granted filmmaker Amy Berg unlimited access. During the film, O’Grady details how he preyed on children, how the Diocese of Stockton, California, knew about the abuse,…

NCR(eporter) has a post on the "liturgy wars" and lays full blame on the battle imagery on those who called for and support a new translation. Interesting. It also lays blame for a certain level of dishonesty, duplicity and incompetence at the feet of those advocating for a new translation for the past, you know…

The General Audience: The “inseparable ties” linking Christianity to the Jewish faith “as to its perennially alive and valid womb”, and the need to concretely express one’s faith in good works, are the two qualifying elements of the legacy of James “the Less”, the apostle to who Benedict XVI dedicated his meditation today. The pope…

An interview with the Chicago Tribune An account of the installation Mass.

I’d love to take a walk through this – an exhibit next winter and spring on Papal elections: Habemus Papam: Papal Elections from St. Peter to Benedict XVI," attempts to reconstruct the most significant moments and events of the steps that lead from a Pope’s death to the election of a new Successor of St.…

A nice article about one woman’s journey to the Catholic faith, and then to religious life: After they returned from Paris, she and several other women lived at an empty convent connected to her parish school. While the order eventually declined to found a women’s religious group in Chicago, Sister Kathleen Clare didn’t give up…

Cardinal Arinze lays out the plans: At more than twelve years since the celebration of the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, the Church in Africa is taking this first major step toward the celebration of a Second Synod for Africa. To help us better examine these "lineamenta," it may be useful…

The American Papist has a good summary post of the most recent events, specifically related to the Wuerl installation Mass last week. He links to a blog post by Julia Duin, religion writer at the Washington Times, who interprets the Kerry/Kennedy presence as a direct challenge: On the very day of Archbishop Wuerl’s installation, two…
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