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China does it again CHINA threw down a fresh challenge to the Vatican yesterday by installing a third bishop in its state-approved Catholic church in defiance of Rome. Zhan Silu, 45, became bishop of the Mindong diocese in southeastern Fujian province, where the Catholic Church is particularly strong but where most of the faithful are…

I was interviewed for this New Yorker piece on marketing DVC to Christians, but didn’t make the final cut – ah well. It’s a good article written by the dependable and perceptive Peter Boyer, who is delight to talk to, as well: If, in retrospect, Hollywood seems to have been oblivious of the risk of…

I have St. Dymphna over there on the left as our Saint ‘o the Day, but I wanted to draw your attention to another figure on the calendar today, Andrew Abellon, OP (so…why is he not on the left? Because I couldn’t find an image, that’s why.) Blessed Andrew is pertinent to this blog because…

For the past few weeks  – well, months, if you go back to one of the original issues – discussion has been raging in St. Blog’s over the case of Fr. Altier, a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. Fr. Altier was the associate pastor at the parish of St. Agnes in St. Paul,…

Bishop Blair’s letter about the Robinson verdict, read in Toledo parishes today.

Gashwin Gomes has information and links.

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…

Today in Rome: Some of the pope’s words before the Regina Caeli were dedicated especially to children. Recalling that many parishes are celebrating their First Holy Communion in these weeks, Benedict XVI said: “To all children who in these weeks are meeting Jesus for the first time in the Eucharist, I would like to deliver…

Here’s a photo of Jeremy Gabriel – the Canadian boy who sang for the Pope earlier this week – with his family and Benedict. More photos here (scroll down) and here’s the family’s website for Jeremy, which includes mp3s of his singing. A lovely photo!

This, via Zadok – Nigerian mega-Christianity meets….the Ukraine? Pastor Sunday Adelaja’s a big success in Kiev: Alarmed at his burgeoning congregation, the Church has launched a counter attack, seeking to portray Mr Adelaja as a charlatan. "Our main problem is that Sunday Adeleja has created a personality cult around himself," said Fr Evstratiy, a spokesman…
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