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I’ve added a link at the left to Eternal City Tours – the group that sponsors Theology on Tap in Rome, and offers great tours, of course. From their website: Eternal City Tours is comprised of students from some of the various Pontifical Universities here in the Eternal city of Rome; some are pursuing Masters…

Because everyone is in O’Hare airport, right this minute. I mean, everyone. And most of you are going to Manchester, UK. At least that what it seems like, anyway!

Linda Hirshman is a writer who has been telling women that staying at home with kids is the biggest sell-out of all. She recently wrote an op-ed in the WaPo describing how mean people have been to her as a result. The Family Scholars Blog is blogging on the issue – with Linda Hirshman herself…

Sort of like how the Irish Catholics came to the south building the railroads. Well, sort of – Bentonville, Arkansas’s growing Jewish population is having an impact: This was the most interesting part to me: But as Etz Chaim nears its second anniversary, Benton County’s only synagogue — and by extension, its fledgling Jewish community…

The scenario: Colorado House decides to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Planned Parenthood. The inspiration: A member of the House decides to bring a guest for the day: Gianna Jensen. (Some of you undoubtedly know who she is – a singer, and much more…) The rest of the story: While I waited, a prominent reporter…

For some bizarre reason, I have been invited to be the keynote speaker for the Diocese of Camden’s "Media Day." So, I guess I’d  better go there. I have four hours or so in the Chicago airport, so you’ll probably be hearing from me then…

Dom has details and commentary – 25 chancery layoffs and 25 other positions cleared by sending priests back into parishes, releasiong religious back to their orders, and so on.

Well, not a complete text, but a CNS summary of Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Sambi’s address to the USCCB last week: "As Christians we have to transform any Way of the Cross, any Calvary, into a moment of resurrection," he said. "This is specific for us as a Christian to make any difficulty a moment of…

Damian Thompson in the Telegraph, echoes, from a different perspective and rather vituperatively, what I have, in my uniformed way, been groping my way to ask. What’s the point of the Anglican Communion anyway? Its looming demise is excellent news for members of the C of E, irrespective of their "churchmanship". To celebrate, Anglo-Catholic ritualists…

Some of you have noticed the new widget over there on the left rail. It’s Library Thing, a way to organize your personal library online. I’m not much for organizing anything, but I saw how TSO mentioned it with interest, so I checked it out. I have no idea at this point what I’ll use…
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