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…but the Pope attended a concert two weeks ago, a concert featuring music by Mozart, in the Pope’s honor, and also in celebration of the birthday of Rome. Here are some pretty interesting photos of the event – I don’t reproduce any here because the large versions have watermarks on them – so you might…

The rumors are heating up.

What an interesting slate of Papal audiences today: VATICAN CITY, APR 28, 2006 (VIS) – The Holy Father today received in separate audiences: – Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. – Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. – Bishop Robert James…

Here’s Bishop D’Arcy’s statement in response to Fr. Jenkins’ Closing Statement. This is all the more surprising because the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees and the officers of the university traveled to the Holy See for their February meeting, immediately after Father Jenkins’ January presentation to the Notre Dame community. They visited some…

There has been a bit of conversation about ad orientem over the past few days, prompted by the publication of a book, and its presentation in Rome. Fr. Z of What Does the Prayer Really Say was there: Today I attended the presentation of a book.  The Italian edition of Uwe Michael Lang’s book Turning…

In Atlanta: Life’s lessons can come from places you’d least expect. For instance, imagine a Roman Catholic priest who shows up every Monday morning in a skull cap to preach from the studio of a Top 40 radio station in Atlanta. "This is Father Ricardo Bailey, coming at you live and hard core from the…

At Get Religion, Terry Mattingly points us to an LATimes article on controversies surround the teaching of the Amerenian Genocide of 1915-18. We are talking, of course, about the 1915-18 massacre of Armenians by the Turkish government. A recent Los Angeles Times story by Elizabeth Mehren offered readers a glimpse into the controversies surrounding the…

Celebrations at which Benedict will be presiding in May and June: Rosary, ordinations, Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square, Vigil of Pentecost with the ecclesial communities and new movements – what a fascinating gathering that will be. The first such gathering  – a "World Congress" – of these New Movements was convened by John Paul II…

Today, Pope Benedict released a letter to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. (That link is in Italian, but go for it) Here’s an article from Catholic News Agency on the letter. And here, canon lawyer Ed Peters takes a look at the letter, letting us know, in the midst of all the speculation…

The e-mail was entitled, "Bigot:"   You would probably be in the forefront of the religeous zealots brigade, it’s just as well that burning at the stake has been abolished, or you would be standing with your matches right now. Lighten up, the Catholic way is not the only way, nor necessarily the right way.…
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