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A nice slide show/audio presentation of the lives of Discalced Carmelites, via the Pittsburgh paper.

…everyone, that is, who is bleating to me about "just fiction" and sneering at me for engaging this cultural moment, here’s an excerpt from a 2003 interview that Dan Brown did with Linda Wertheimer. April 26, 2003, Weekend Edition. Thanks to Fort Wayne reader Marie for alerting me to this old interview – the text…

We might see a lot of new traffic around here this week, so I’ll create this post and keep it on top. Sorry to be tiresome to the old guard, but there it is. I don’t just do DVC, although right now it seems like it. For a complete list of my books – a…

Via Rich Leonardi: Now, before you read this as an author’s disclaimer for any differences between the book and the movie, let me assure you it’s all there — the Louvre, Saint-Sulpice, Chateau Villette, Westminster Abbey, Rosslyn Chapel, the codes, the sacred feminine, and the quiet invitation to think about faith, religion and history with…

A reader from LA writes with this: am in the archdiocese of Los Angeles. I would be interested to hear what you and your blog readers think about what happened in parishes in our diocese yesterday. In the middle of mass, after the homily and before the Creed, Fr. C. stood up and said that…

The Pope evokes Cyril and Methodius, and says: In an uncertain and turbulent world such as our own, Europe can become a witness and messenger of the vital dialogue between cultures and religions. The history of the old continent, deeply marked by divisions and fratricidal wars but also by efforts to overcome them, invites Europe…

Heading to Cleveland tomorrow- will be speaking at an event arranged by The Cleveland Catholic Forum: Tuesday May 16, 2006 at 7:45 p.m. (After the 7:00 p.m. Mass) St. Leo the Great4940 Broadview RdCleveland, OH 44109 Next week, I have two Fort Wayne area events – on in Columbia City, and the other next Tuesday…

The gist of the Pope’s words to the bishops from Quebec: The Quebec bishops were the first group of Canadians making "ad limina" visits in 2006, and Pope Benedict said he would use the visits to offer his "reflection on significant themes for the mission of the church in Canadian society, which is marked by…

Melinda Gates writes in Newsweek of possible good news related to women, risk and HIV: Chanya’s story is not rare. For many women, marriage is a risk factor for AIDS because of their husbands’ dangerous behavior. Worldwide, 80 percent of women newly infected with HIV are practicing monogamy within a marriage or a long-term relationship.…

No, not the secretary – the Pope’s brother. Some charming tidbits. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page. A couple of translation quirks, but that just adds to it.) Then apart from the problem with the eyesight, there are no further problems regarding your health situation? I have to be a bit careful with…

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