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..for the transcript of Cardinal Mahony’s online chat at the LA Religious Education Congress to be posted. Update: Here’s the transcript, with the questions being asked afresh from kids online. No relationship to the submitted questions. Which might be consistent with the past, for all I know. Mostly immigration questions, it seems. That link will…

The news was full of the 31 parishes being closed in the Archdiocese of New York. Let’s not forget about the 14 schools. Today in the NYTimes, Dan Barry writes of one school in the Bronx. (only available to TimesSelect subscribers, of which I am not one. Thanks to Mary Campbell Gallagher, whose site and…

From one Cory T: To start I must state that, if someone were to describe me as a reader it would be a gross understatement, somewhat akin to ‘Tolkien wrote a nice book’. More apt would be: I am a connoisseur of fine literature, and take great pride in my collection, and choice of authors.…

Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz has made strong statements about the Bishop’s Review Board. Background: Bishop Bruskewtiz’s history with the fallout from the sexual abuse scandal has been unique – he’s refused to submit the Lincoln diocese to the processes and procedures mandated by the Review Board. In other words, Lincoln is "non-compliant." In the latest audit,…

Rumor-spinning is getting intense in regard to the Tridentine liturgy. The New Liturgical Movement is a good place to go for all of that – including the latest that is quite specific – that Benedict has indeed signed some kind of decree freeing up the Tridentine Rite for universal use.

A report: One can see this in all sorts of small ways, even in a city like Paris—the ville natale of secular Enlightenment and a cultural epicenter for so many of its progeny. Last fall, I lived in Paris after some eight years away, and I was surprised and heartened by what I saw. The…

Every month, the Holy Father has prayer intentions. April’s prayer intention? The Vatican has announced that during the month of April, Pope Benedict XVI will focus his prayer specifically on the plight of the much-persecuted Church in China. The text of the Holy Father’s April mission intention, released today, is "That the Church in China…

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Pete Vere’s got a piece on Catholic Exchange: Dreher chronicles how many families are living out their crunchy con convictions. From homeschooling to organic and family farming, from turning off the television to turning on the oven and enjoying a good home-cooked meal, crunchy cons are doing little things to restore a more natural pace…

Dom’s got a hint. In short, the schismatic Rochester Spiritus Christi community is noting the beginnings of an offshoot in Ontario, and claims, in a bulletin notice that some "Boston priests" are continuing with their plans…. Read more.
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