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…for the crew at Ave Maria Radio, via Mark Shea As of late Tuesday afternoon, Nick Thomm of Ave Maria Radio has been moved to a regular semi-private room following a stay in the ICU while initially recovering from brain surgery. His color is coming back and he is already eating and feeling better. He…

To then Chinese ordinations. (It’s in Italian, will post link to English as soon as it appears.) Via Zadok, who links to a Reuters story that summarizes the statement "The Holy Father learned the news with deep displeasure," the Vatican said in an unusually strongly worded statement. It said it had received information that bishops…

The WaPo did a feature on Rod Dreher and his family, and via that piece and Rod’s blog, it is revealed that the Drehers are seriously contemplating a move to Orthodoxy. I’ve been in conversation with Rod about this myself for a long time (I mean…about his journey), so this is not news to me,…

One more talk report…today was the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership – a workshop that was a last-minute addition (was originally scheduled to be a "publishers’ showcase," but then they decided they wanted me to do a workshop). It was very pleasant, I tell you, to get in my car, drive 10 minutes to the…

From 8th grade daughter: "All my friends want to go see it…" (Not, please note, uttered in a "why can’t I?" but just as a matter of fact.) Get ready…

Second in two days. AsiaNews: According to AsiaNews sources, the Vatican made a final attempt to stop the ordination by sending a personal message to Father Liu asking him to not submit himself to the ordination.  This is the second illegal ordination in less than a week, after the one that took place in Kunming…

Back from Chicago – comments are open and book sales may flourish!

Barb Nicolosi in Christianity Today – it’s based on something she wrote on her blog, that we’ve discussed here before, but here it is in convenient, easy-to-forward form.

Dave Hartline of the Catholic Report inteviews Bishop Carlson of Saginaw: Dave Hartline      Bishop you have just returned from the Vatican.  I understand you met with Pope Benedict.  This was not on your schedule was it? Bishop Carlson    No, I was on a pilgrimage and I hadn’t planned to meet with the Holy…

Hey folks, I’m in Chicago all day, so comments are shut down until this evening  – those of you who experienced the massive comment spam attack yesterday will understand. (It wasn’t even just on the two posts on the current page. The spam hit 40 posts on this blog within just a few minutes.., before…

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