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Supreme Court rules against Cardinal Mahony The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in a California prosecutor’s efforts to obtain confidential counseling records kept by the Catholic Church on two priests under investigation for molesting children. The justices, without comment, declined to hear an appeal by the church of a state court ruling that…

The best place to go for links to articles about Pope Benedict is here, the "Papa Ratzinger Forum" where not only English-language articles are posted, but translations of other pieces, as well. Notable over the weekend were those emanating from the Brits – sniping, snide and mostly missing the point. It’s one thing to disagree…

An interesting and amusing photo essay I liked it.

Several points of business to take care of, here. First, you can listen to an interview I did with KVSS’ Bruce and Kris McGregor on Mary Magdalene here. KVSS is a great Catholic radio station out of Omaha. They also have downloads of a series Michael did for them on The Power of the Cross,…

An op-ed from Eduardo Moisés Peñalver of Fordham: In the early decades of the 19th century, the federal government hoped to dispose of public land in its western territories by auctioning it to the highest bidder — typically a northeastern land speculator. But this policy posed a serious obstacle to the settlers streaming west in…

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter sermon: One of the ways in which we now celebrate the great Christian festivals in our society is by a little flurry of newspaper articles and television programmes raking over the coals of controversies about the historical basis of faith. So it was no huge surprise to see a fair…

I have five threads running down below to which  I hope heaps of you will contribute: "What Did You Hear’s"  on the Triduum, plus a "Triduum Question Box" – weird stuff you saw during a liturgy this past weekend that you’re…not…quite…sure about.

The Pope’s birthday was yesterday, of course – His brother George sent him birthday greetings, excerpted by Zenit: "Dear Joseph, may your onerous theological work of so many years be of guidance and help to carry out the grandiose task that God has entrusted to you," said Monsignor Ratzinger. "May the Lord give you spiritual…

The decision on the memorial has been postponed. Here, from Abortion Pundit, is the report and contact information.‘ Villanova’s Board of Trustees postponed the decision to approve the "Maternal Bond" memorial. I’m asking all our readers, if you feel strongly about this, to consider emailing the BOT Chairperson, Villanova’s President and President-elect. Our original post,…

Did you watch it? What did you think? A & E has a discussion board related to the show going – you might want to go check it out and add your 2 cents. Thread closed – new thread up top of the blog.
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