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Raging anti-religionist Christopher HItchens has a deeply traditional Anglican brother, Peter, whose latest for the Daily Mail takes some bishops to task: Here’s what we should really be worrying about: the dismal conditions of the British ‘poor’ are often the result of their moral and educational deprivation, and of the collapse of order – not…

Ed Peters reviews a new website: Msgr. Cormac Burke is an Irish priest of the prelature Opus Dei, a member of the Irish bar, professor of modern languages, and a prolific theological author. More than all of these, though, Msgr. Burke is one of the world’s most influential English-speaking canon lawyers, serving 13 years on…

Comments on the season finale – and the entire past season of Lost? There are a lot of levels to figure out here – the technicalities of exactly what is going on with the island – does the mystic/vaguely spiritual/redemptive  vibe still beat? I have to dash off and take Michael the Baby for his…

An intriguing note for those of us who study the ebbing and flowing of ethnic churches in the US throughout the past century or so – the USCCB has a note that there have been ongoing conversations between the RC and the Polish National Church: The Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue has adopted a “Joint…

Catholic Wisconsin Governor stays on the embryo destruction train: Gov. Jim Doyle broke with Wisconsin’s two most prominent Catholic bishops on Wednesday, bluntly telling them he would not rethink his strong support of embryonic stem cell research. "While I appreciate your thoughts on this important issue, I also feel a responsibility to promote vital research…

In Spokane: The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is selling its bishop’s office building to raise money to pay victims of clergy sex abuse. The diocese has retained Keen Realty, a Great Neck, N.Y., company that specializes in representing companies in bankruptcy or other financial troubles, to sell its historic Catholic Pastoral Center downtown, as well…

Interesting…The bishop of Lafayette, LA walked out of a Catholic high school graduation because the audience wouldn’t shut up. Most high school graduations that I’ve been involved in constantly fight this problem – it’s not just cheering, it’s bullhorns, screaming, whistles, antics from the stage, and so on. It not only destroys decorum, it makes…

The arrival Here’s some video of the arrival. (Well, it’s supposed to be…doesn’t play for me yet…) MIchael found a photo of him speaking to journalists on the plane – and the only citation of what he said to them, so far His address upon arriving (scroll down for English) "Stand firm in your faith"…

The report comes to me that the man killed in this watercraft accident on Lake Travis near Austin yesterday was Fr. Todd Reitmeyer, longtime blogger, priest of the Diocese of Sioux Falls. It is heartbreaking to read his latest blog entries as he prepared for and began his vacation with his family in Texas. Requiescas…

This man at the heart of a Walker Percy story? Well maybe he’ll be a decent Will Barrett – Bill Paxton has a vague emptiness at the core of his screen presence that just might work – he’s been tapped to star in a film adaptation of Walker Percy’s The Second Coming The novel is…
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