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A new translation of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body has been produced – the faults of the original translation lay in part in the fact that the talks JPII gave during those Audiences were translated in the news service offices, by several different translators over time, and there’s no consistency in the language…

When the bishops meet in LA next week, they’ll be discussing, among other matters, a major restructuring, aka downsizing of the committee structure of the USCCB. Rocco takes it from here: Collapsing five committees — "vocations, priestly formation, diaconate, consecrated life, and priestly life and ministry" — into a single committee for Clergy and Religious…

Old Zhou sends this along: According to this Italian news story by ANSA in Milano, a parish priest put up a sign reading: Dio conosce gia’ il tuo ombelico (God already knows about your navel) at the entrance to the parish church (S.Martino di Cinisello Balsamo) because they did not have any budget for "guards"…

Yeah, so we no longer have an Octave of Pentecost, but that’s not going to stop us. Go read Mike Aquilina on the Church Fathers and Pentecost. His blog should be one of your daily stops anyway. Writing about 198 A.D., Tertullian testified that Pentecost was one of the great feasts of the Christian year.…

A NYTImes Op-ed According to her friend, Dr. McCarron was in despair in recent weeks because Katherine’s language had regressed markedly. Every parent of a child on the autism spectrum knows this feeling: I’ve done everything possible; why isn’t he better? The answer is simple: Because this is the way autism works. There are roadblocks…

Pentecost edition: Just to clarify for any new readers: This is a recurring feature here at Open Book in which I invite readers to share their experiences at this past Sunday’s Mass (or church service – we often have folks from other denominations contribute), with a focus on music, homily and anything "special" – since…

As in "in the side" – Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong calls for a re-examination: Wearing the red and white robes he was given after Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in March, Cardinal Zen walked straight from celebrating Mass at the cathedral here to a prayer meeting on a cement-floored, indoor basketball court…

Michelle Boorstein of the Wa Po visits a parish in DC where the Tridentine Rite is offered, and files a brief, refreshingly undertanding report. I mean, when’s the last time you heard ad orientem described accurately in the secular press? Heck…in the Catholic press? Together, everyone faces East, acknowledging that Jesus is the true dawn.

Except me. One woman’s tale of why she "had" to get an abortion – because she couldn’t get a "Plan B" emergency contraception pill, ended up pregnant, etc. I’m still in good health, but unlike the last time I was pregnant, nearly a decade ago, I’m now taking three medications. One of them, for high…

N.J. church will donate $1 million to Hurrican Katrina recovery and rebuilding. Fountain Baptist Church favors exuberance in worship, its members encouraging their spirited pastor with approving nods and liberal supplies of amens. The fervor of spirit at this 108-year-old suburban African American church, about 1,900 members strong, is matched by a charitable heart —…
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