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In The Tablet, Robert Mickens on indulgences and Benedict’s revival of them Benedict has proclaimed three occasions for plenary indulgences during these past ten months: World Youth Day, the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II, and most recently, the World Day of the Sick. Mickens gives some background, particularly on the Conciliar (as…

Those religious types. Too bad they’re such a drain on civilization and the only thing standing between the present moment and the utopia of a truly enlightened society. Never mind no one’s helping post-Katrina recovery more than they are: Katrina ravaged Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, leaving roughly $125 billion in damage in its wake and nearly…

I really can’t. I can’t imagine living in an area in which a school helps sponsor "Glove Affairs" for young people my daughter’s age, "parties" in which favors like condoms are distributed and "education" happens. Post corrected to reflect the fact that the school in question is a private school. But still! But in LA….…

…if you’re drinking coffee. Eve Ensler, author of the VMonologues, on the struggles in creating her most recent play: The Good Body, which took Ensler three years to write, was more personal to her because it was about her stomach. Well. I know that the power of art lies in the particular, but… Eve! I…

I am dreadfully behind on my book reviewing and noting on this blog. For the next week, I think I’ll make that the focus here, with Rome notes taking second place. We’ll ease into this with a children’s book. I do this occasionally, since we go to the library twice a week and check out…

I finished that sort of semi-big project today, and have something slightly smaller I need to do tomorrow. And then…..what? Tackle one of the two novels again? After Rome, yes…unless I decided to somehow fashion a 9-day trip to Rome into a book…hmmmm.

From the LATimes: How Mormon teaching is being shaken by DNA testing For Mormons, the lack of discernible Hebrew blood in Native Americans is no minor collision between faith and science. It burrows into the historical foundations of the Book of Mormon, a 175-year-old transcription that the church regards as literal and without error. {snip}…

Jesuit missions in Bolivia – absolutely fascinating site Via the Shrine of the Holy Whapping, which features a fairly amazing procession photo from the site…

…to bring you something I’ve been awaiting for a couple of weeks. It’s the English translation of Benedict’s homily of February 5 at St. Anne’s Parish in the Vatican. A little bit about the church, which is not open to the general public) It was Pro-Life Day in Rome as well – Here’s a news…

…working on something that I really need to finish today. Interrupted by call from school about son who was crying that his stomach hurt. Since that class of 14 children had five out yesterday with some sort of illness, I went and fetched him. A bit of a bump in the road. Oh and by…
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