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Over the past few weeks, Benedict has been focusing on "the Church" as the subject of catechesis at the Wednesday General Audiences. Because of my travels, I missed linking to last week’s remarks. Here is the text of last week’s, centering on Apostolic Tradition: Thus, though in a manner different from the apostles, we also…

For what?

Horror stories from Anthony Esolen at Mere Comments. He concludes: A word to the Modern American Woman, if I may.  Do you think you might take a little time out from smashing The Citadel, emasculating the YMCA, preaching the damnable lie that kids without their fathers will be fine, just fine, holding your families hostage…

Great stuff from Jen Ambrose today – getting to Wal Mart in China, and continued adventures with a caucasian child (hers)

Gwneth Paltrow and her mama, Blythe Danner, writing on behalf of a Planned Parenthood fundraising campaign: Why are two Hollywood actors contacting you today on behalf of Planned Parenthood Federation of America? Because we are first and foremost a mother and daughter, and we cannot stand idly by as birth control, family planning, and basic…

According to Zenit, the Pontifical Council for the Laity has set up a webpage for the Pentecost gathering of New Movements – it seems to be quite popular and has exceeded its bandwidth. Ah well, check back later. In addition, Zenit continues its focus on these New Movments, highlighting two more today. Some have wondered…

I’m not going to add this to the post below because it will start a whole other discussion. I think it’s worth asking why Dan Brown was so determined to separate Jesus from Judaism, to scrub him clean of Judaism in order to make him more presentable to his eager readers. Oh sure, he’s Jewish,…

1) There is a bit of a news buzz around Ron Howard and company’s refusal to provide any type of "disclaimer" for the film, particularly in relationship to Opus Dei. Media and blogging types are scoffing at OD, pulling out the "relax it’s a movie" line. Well, step back a minute. Opus Dei is not…

You might remember Ruth Kelly, the British government minister. Originally appointed to be Secretary of State for Education, she recently was appointed to a new post – Secretary of State for Communities. Her initial appointment caused a bit of a stir because she’s a ROMAN CATHOLIC and a member (I think that’s been established) of…

DVC-talk is reaching its height. We can hope it will drop like a stone after 5/19. I’m going to do a couple of things w/this blog over the next two weeks in that context – first, I’m going to do one DVC Post per day – I’ll probably add to it during the course of…
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