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Gashwin Gomes was at the farewell festivities for Cardinal Dias, blogged about here third-hand a couple of days ago.

Vatican delegation to China? A Vatican delegation has been in Beijing since last Sunday to meet with various figures of the Chinese government.   Views vary among analysts on the significance of this visit, which will last until July 1st; the word is that the Vatican itself does not have high hopes as to what it…

Rowan WIlliams’ letter, as reported by Ruth Gledhill: Rowan Williams has at last issued his letter to the primates in the wake of The Episcopal Church general convention, as TimesOnline reports on its front page. Never again can anyone accuse him of failing to give leadership, or of not speaking plainly. Read the six-page commination…

Jody Bottum at First Things today: After four years in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War II, he settled down to become a writer—quickly establishing himself as the “boy wonder” whose radio plays were enormously popular in Australia. A pair of novels, Gallows on the Sand and Kunda, somewhat uneasily combined artsy pretensions with…

Vaticanista Sandro Magister on hints of things to come: Among the prelates of the Roman curia present at the concert were Marini and Liberto. But Benedict XVI’s attention was entirely dedicated to maestro Bartolucci – a vigorous 89 years old, – his choir, and the superb quality of their performances. The pope defined these as…

Here’s the text of the DIocese of Saginaw’s implementation of the GIRM, just sent out by Bishop Carlson. Oh, and the "Saginaw Blessing?" Buh-bye. Done very well, with the proper context of sound catechesis. The Saginaw blessing: The Saginaw blessing was started by Bishop Untener shortly after his arrival in late 1980. Everyone in the…

The Chronicle of Higher Education on Patrick Reilly and the Cardinal Newman Society.

I have been hoping to pull together a decent "new translation" post for a few days, but it’s not happening. Oh, it might…give me a few more days. But until then…take a look at this post from Benedictine Fr. Stephanos. "What’s at Stake" Brief, but you get the idea More here and of course much…

More on the Arroyo meeting: Well done," Pope Benedict XVI told Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as she handed him a copy of the law she recently signed outlawing the death penalty in the Philippines. At the end of a June 26 meeting with the pope, Arroyo gave the pope a statue of Our Lady of…

More Spanish martyrs on the road to canonization: Today in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI opened the cause of Beatification for 149 Spaniards killed during the Spanish Civil War. Below are the names of the martyrs, who today are called “Servants of God.” The naming of a person “Servant of God” is the first step in…
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