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…what everyone really wants in religious education is to sit around discuss What the Bible Means to Me and (wait for it) share our stories…pre-publication sales of the Compendium of the Catechism are quite brisk, thanks. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church seems to be on the way to becoming a publishing…

FYI, Damon LInker on John Paul II’s legacy, from a year ago: After a century of mass murder, John Paul’s unconditional defense of human dignity cannot fail to impress. His articulate and passionate advocacy for human rights helped to bring about the fall of communism, and it justly earned him the respect and admiration of…

The Thirsty Scribe visited the Clear Creek Monastery in Oklahoma and has a very full report, with photographs. The monastery’s website Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek is a monastic foundation of the French Abbey Notre Dame de Fontgombault, itself a foundation of Saint Pierre de Solesmes. Solesmes owes most of its fame…

That’s the word An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence, and he will be released soon, an official said. The official told The Associated Press that the case had been returned to the prosecutors for more investigation, but that…

The Pope on his visit to the parish on the outskirts of Rome: Pope John Paul died worried that the world seemed dominated by the powers of evil, according to a sermon he had prepared for the day after his death, his successor Pope Benedict said on Sunday. Benedict, visiting a parish on Rome’s southern…

From Rick Garnett at Mirror of Justice Obviously, reasonable and thoughtful people — Catholics and non-Catholics — can and do disagree with Neuhaus about all kinds of things.  I am sure there are good, helpful, critical reviews of Neuhaus’s latest book in the works by engaged and informed Catholics and others who understand and are…

In a message to Chinese Catholics, the neo-Cardinal Joseph Zen exhorted them to be “patient”, although the country does not enjoy full freedom of worship yet. He said the red colour of his vestments recalled “the tears and blood of numerous, nameless, heroes of the Church” in China. These words were part of a homily…

On the color red: Benedict XVI once more talked about the Consistory and the “spiritual richness of collegiality” in “being among brothers of different origin, all sharing a common love for Christ and for his Church”. But he dwelt especially on a “providential coincidence”: 24 March, the day he conferred the red hat on 15…

The Pope makes his appeal: The appeal was sent in a letter in Pope Benedict XVI’s name by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The note, excerpts of which were released by the Vatican, said the pope’s appeal was inspired by "profound human compassion" and by a "firm belief in the dignity of human…

That the events a year ago had a profound impact… Don Sleeper of Logan says the death of the pope, a man he always had admired, was the catalyst in his conversion.    A scrub tech at a surgical hospital, 58-year-old Sleeper had flirted with a half-dozen Protestant sects, the Anglican and Catholic churches as…
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