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The Fort Wayne high school that proposed taking kids to see DVC after the prom cancelled – because, not surprisingly, they didn’t sell enough tix.

Over the past two days, there was another important protest march – in Washington, to draw attention to the continuing, ongoing crisis and tragedy in Darfur. Mollie at Get Religion looks at the coverage, and, of course, the religious angle. The “never again” mantra spoken by many Jews has been broadened to include acts of…

In talks about the JPII Center in DC The Rev. Monsignor William Kerr, picked by Maida to be the center’s director, confirmed Monday through a spokeswoman that talks are taking place. “We are negotatiating with Notre Dame, but he can’t say anything more,” John Paul II Cultural Center spokeswoman Sandy Peeler said. The center is…

Love us or hate us Katliks? There’s been conversation of late at Baylor University about what – if anything – the university can gain from interacting from Roman Catholics and from the experience of Catholic universities like Notre Dame. (Larger context is continuing conflicts at Baylor over identity over the past few years. Jay Anderson,…

From Jen Ambrose, in today’s South China News: Unfortunately, it is available to subscribers only, but I thought you might appreciate the article, kind of a heads up to something that might be carried later by Asianews.it website.  Accompanying the article was a picture of Ma in full bishop garb.  Over the weekend there was…

Notes from all over: Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex has a new series: What is it about Sacraments that so many find difficult to accept? There are many issues I suppose. Some who come from a Sola Scriptura tradition don’t see them sufficiently expounded in Scripture to accept the Catholic teaching. Others, even some malformed Catholics, reject the idea…

Pope Benedict begins the month of May by visiting a Marian shrine: The Pope’s one-hour visit to the shrine on the first day of May launched what is considered the month of Mary in the Church. He led the recitation of the rosary in the old sanctuary and prayed privately in the new sanctuary, which…

Exposes the Priory of Sion fraud on 60 Minutes (Not that it’s very challenging…) Like Plantard, de Cherisey is now dead. So where are those parchments today? French writer Jean-Luc Chaumeil, who knew both men well and inherited many of their papers, says he has them. Chaumeil says he got the parchments from de Cherisey…

…or at least visit frequently. I will be heading out in about an hour, so if you’d like something shipped today(that doesn’t require MAD’s signature, ’cause he’s not home right now)…let me know!

The Man with the Black Hat went to Mass and reports: Today, for the first time since 1970, the form of the Roman Mass identified as "Tridentine"* was licitly and publicly celebrated in the Diocese of Arlington, at Saint Lawrence Parish in Franconia. More.

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