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Go to The Shrine of the Holy Whapping for several posts on new church designs coming down the road – I was delighted to see that one of them is for St. John Neumann in Farragut, Tennessee (which is basically a far, far west suburb of Knoxville) – and it’s Romanesque, my favorite church architectural…

Michael has an excellent podcast up – it’s about 26 minutes long, and is available at this spot for downloading or listening right on the computer. Pass the word…if we really want to use DVC to help folks go more deeply into Christian truth – this is an excellent place to start. (He chants some…

A review of a new book on Auden and Christianity All these deviations from orthodoxy had something in common, however. They all flowed from Auden’s passionate belief that Christianity, rightly understood, was the truest of the great world religions because it consistently affirmed the flesh. The doctrine of the Incarnation, that the Word became Flesh…

Named by the Pope Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday named a new bishop for Vietnam, a country that lacks ties with the Vatican but has the second highest number of Catholics in Southeast Asia. Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam’s communist government have sometimes been strained over Hanoi’s insistence on having the final say…

Michael Liccione offers a good summary of the current state of the discussion re/AIDS, condoms and married people. Rumors abound that the Pope is preparing to rule on this question. I state in advance my resolution to adhere, with religious submission of mind and heart, to whatever he does rule. But I rather doubt he’s…

An odd, whirlwind 24 hours or so. (And speaking of travel, pray for Mark Shea – he was supposed to be in Ireland now on a DVC speaking tour, but has been delayed twice and is giving it another shot tomorrow! That’s just miserable) I will say the most memorable aspect of me being on…

Also via the St. Peter’s website, a great interview with art historian Elizabeth Lev stpetersbasilica.orgAny personal experiences in St. Peter’s that you’d like to share? Elizabeth LevSt. Peter’s is the site of my reversion I’d have to say. I grew up Catholic but I left the church with such a door-slamming, bridge-burning attitude that if…

Today is the 25th anniversary of the assassination attempt on John Paul II. Michael notes that the spot, which was previously marked only by a faintly reddish cobblestone in the square, is now marked with a plaque (Fr. Z, who lives in Rome, has before and after photos of the spot, as well as nice…

From the Ambassador from Taiwan to the Vatican, who recently converted What is there in the Christian faith that is missing from Chinese culture that made you convert and get baptised? I did not adhere to any religion before. Like many Chinese I followed Confucian precepts. I can say I am a disciple of Confucius…

On his visit to Poland: Pope Benedict XVI will meet 32 survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German death camp during his visit to Poland at the end of this month. Those will include Poles who were among the first trainload of prisoners to arrive at the former Polish army barracks in the southern Polish city…
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