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One of the best times I had in Rome was doing the "Theology on Tap" program in Rome, at, ironically, an Irish pub near the Gesu. The cab driver dropped us off not quite where we needed to be, but thanks to a helpful police officer or two, we were pointed in the proper direction.…

The London trial pitting Dan Brown against the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail continues. Brown issued a 69-page "witness statement" summarized here: In the statement, Brown spends relatively little time denying the "astounding" claims of Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh that he stole the "architecture" of their book. He does not even mention the…

Shocked and dismayed, SF mayor decides not to attend Levada’s elevation: Newsom suggested the Vatican should move beyond "stale and questionable documents." "This is just corroding and divisive," Newsom told the Sentinel. "If the church is going to evolve in recognition that it can expand its reach, then it should expand its capacity of understanding…

One of the gigs that turned up in the Rome planning was the invitation to film a segment for Rome Reports, a television news service with a rather self-explanatory mission. While EWTN does broadcast their stuff (Sunday morning 10:30 eastern), I understand that their larger market is Spain. So, what’s up? Well, they’re pulling together…

A story about a Milwaukee-area priest who has been through much… Most recently, last year, a hit-and-run accident that cost him a leg. But before that, a ministry in his native Mexico that placed him in the deepest poverty and among the worst criminals: But after four years, his bishop and the head of police…

Joseph is sitting next to me looking at an older coffee-table book about St. Peter’s. (No school today – diocesan teacher workshop). He opens it up to a long range shot, and says, "That’s St. Peter’s Square." Very good, Joseph, who continues, "Then why is it a circle? It should be a square!"

Via Claude Muncey (who said he was going to blog on this, but hasn’t yet..) From inmate to priest James Tramel awakened Sunday in a prison cell. He went to sleep Sunday night in the rectory of a church he will help lead. It was a day of transformation for Tramel, 38, who is believed…

Michael did a lot of detailed trip-blogging over the weekend. Check it out.

Zadok has a really interesting post – he went over to San Croce to see the exhibit I mentioned, and expands on what it is, exactly (can my excuse be that I don’t read Italian?) It turns out that the exhibition is essentially a collection of pieces from the sacristies of various Roman Churches. (Never…

I didn’t start watching the Sopranos until the second season, I think, was totally confused for the next two seasons, but finally, I think, got it (that is who everyone was – well, most of the people – and how they relate to each other.) at some point in the 4th. The show gets a…
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