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Here’s an excellent piece in the Notre Dame paper by law professor Paolo Carroza on the Current Troubles at the university. (Annoying thing – there’s no "single page view" option, so one must click through 4 separate pages. Grrr. But it’s worth it) His piece concentrates on the meaning of "academic freedom," working from the…

This is a story you must read. This link is to the first post of this good woman and excellent writer’s journey back to the Catholic faith: Actually, you might want to start here, read from the bottom up and then go here and again, read from the bottom up. When I was visiting Westfield…

So the question then is, if the accusation is that the Archdiocese did not act responsibly then are we saying that any accusation should be taken as sufficient to remove someone from their position without an investigation or would this lack of due process be only reserved for priests? Remember, even with no information the…

I am traveling to Rome next week with, among other people, a rather sensitive (in some ways) 14-year old girl. I am anticipating her being surprised and affected by homeless, beggars, etc. I read some discussion thread on some travel board recently recounting stories about wretched-looking beggars, especially children, in Rome. How do I prepare…

This photo, from today’s General Audience…makes me laugh: Caption and credits here The Pope’s message: At the beginning of the general audience Benedict XVI recalled that today’s catechesis was the last "of the long cycle begun years ago by my beloved predecessor, the unforgettable John Paul II," who wished to cover "the entire sequence of…

(Or hear) Your 23-year old son calling you up and telling you how he got into an argument at a bar with a guy who was telling him that he was Catholic but he didn’t have time to go to Mass. "You have time to sit in a bar at 3AM and go clubbing every…

Garry Wills has two Catholic-themed books out recently: The Rosary (out last November) and What Jesus Meant (out on March 2) In the most recent issue of NRO, Mike Potemra considers them: In his most recent book, What Jesus Meant (Viking, 176 pp., $24.95), Wills continues this project. Jesus, he writes, mandated neither a hierarchical…

A piece on the tiresome tag team of Sr. Fran Ferder and Fr. John Heagle from the alternative Seattle Weekly. And guess what? It’s not what you would expect. The focus is not simply on their ministry of sharing noxious platitudes untethered from 4000 years of Judeo-Christian morality, not to speak of common sense, but…

Archbishop Gomes of San Antonio has issued his first pastoral letter (pdf file) that emphasizes the need for formation in the faith: 9] I want to speak to you about our formation in the faith as the basis for our life in Christ. I say our formation because, just like you, I also need to…

Archbishop Burke has a meeting: St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke met Tuesday with a priest he declared excommunicated in December. The Rev. Marek Bozek, who was hired as pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish late last year, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he had met with the archbishop but would not comment on their conversation.
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