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Robert Araujo, SJ, bets to differ with Fr. Jenkins: My sadness and regret are based on the fact that I read all of the Monologues four years ago—those in the 1998 original edition and those in the 2001 revised edition—and I cannot accept the justifications that Father Jenkins has presented in support of his decision.…

At Mirror of Justice, Greg Sisk updates us on the situation in the Sudan, what movements are being made at the moment, and how our voices and prayers can help.

Here’s an interview you will want to read. It’s with Michael Burleigh, an eminent British historian, whose latest book, discussed here before, is Earthly Powers : The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe, from the French Revolution to the Great War The blog posts in which we previously talked about this are here and…

I was hunting for some critiques of Bernadette Farrell’s Mass of Hope, and ran across this discussion forum, which seem to be British, of liturgical music. This thread might be of interest to some here: the question that starts it concerns Mass settings in plainsong chant. What I would give…. And, as always, check out…

Here you go, for Passion Sunday. Remember, this isn’t a discussion thread, unless you have a question about what someone else wrote that absolutely must be answered. It is also, as much as possible, a reporting thread rather than a critiquing thread. I do this simply because I’m curious. I go to one (or two)…

The United Church of Christ’s newest ad campaign The liberal-controlled United Church of Christ (UCC) has unveiled its latest television ad, which features an intolerant and presumably conservative church ejecting an "African-American mother," "a gay couple, an Arab-American, [and] a person using a walker," according a UCC news release news release. This ejection is quite…

Fr. Wauck observes: I doubt that the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival realized that May 17th, the date on which The Da Vinci Code premieres there, is the anniversary of the beatification of Opus Dei’s founder, St. Josemaria Escriva – but it’s a nice touch.

The Cleveland Plain-Dealer profiles the new bishop

Mollie at Get Religion has a post on the coverage of the Gospel of Judas story in which she notes the ignorance of press and purportedly "christian" public alike.  She also wonders about the lack of variety in the voices that are being quoted in the stories in the secular press. Here’s my comment, which…

The Cross, a sign of contradiction and of life, was at the heart of the pope’s homily, given after the dramatic account of the Passion by the evangelist Mark. Benedict XVI said: “There was a time, and it is still not entirely over, when Christianity was rejected precisely because of the Cross. The Cross talked…
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