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Magister’s in the US at the moment. He spoke in DC on Monday, and is in Denver some time this week.  Sandro Magister, a columnist for the Italian magazine L’Espresso and one of the top “Vaticanistas”, an expert on Church affairs and the intricate world of the Vatican, gave yesterday an interview in Washington to…

An in-depth story on the situation we blogged about a while back: It sets the situation in context – that while this is a Catholic school, it is a state school. The call is for the state to change the school over from being a Catholic school to a Muslim school, since Muslims make up…

A USA Today columnist claims that NBC isn’t mentioning it in their coverage. I was going to disagree, but then I remembered that Bob Costas’ ill-informed declaration that he wanted to get over there and see the Shroud (since it’s on display..what..every 20 years?) was in a piece on the NBC Nightly News. And, over…

Here’s a site that seems to be attempting to be comprehensive. I’ll put a link to this on one my sidebars. That first link is to a blog, and this is the comprehensive list. Speaking of podcasts, I taped one today for Loyola’s new weekly podcast – "Spirited Talk Today." I imagine it will be…

Whispers has an account from the Italian media of yesterday’s meeting re/the SSPX: The summit of the dicastery heads "did not solve the argument," Tornielli writes, saying that a second meeting of its kind — scheduled for 23 March — "represents a novelty in the Vatican and indicates that the Pope intents to listen to…

Italian bishops will elect the head of their national conference for the first time Vatican City, February 13 – In a clear break with tradition, the pope has ordered a secret vote among Italian bishops to choose the next head of the Catholic Church in Italy . In the past it has always been the…

Just a note: If you are interested in buying books from me in the near future, you might try to do it this week. I’m going to shut the bookstore site down, probably next Monday, and not reopen it until March 13.  Spanking new pamphlets will be tossed in this week’s orders as well. Exciting!…

Jeffrey Overstreet of Looking Closer is on the anti-DVC train, for sure, but wants us to remember something quite important: There’s good stuff out there. Let’s spend at least as much time promoting quality films as we do critiquing the dreck. A case in point: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, about which Jeffrey has a…

Two pamphlets I wrote for OSV are now available, for all of you pastoral ministry types who order such materials: The Pope’s First Encyclical And How to Celebrate Holy Week

This is rather startling: Widespread desecrations prompt church closings in Mexico: Incidents involving desecration have prompted the Diocese of La Paz, in Baja California, to close 200 chapels and churches to visits until March. Masses will be still allowed during this time, Bishop Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz said in a communiqué issue over the weekend.…
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