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NYTimes publishes story on offensive art. Won’t print Mohammad cartoon. Digs up Elephant-dung (and I believe, other…images] -festooned Blessed Virgin Mary from the BAM exhibit a few years ago. Thanks! Cribbed from every other blog that’s noted that this morning.

That’s always the question for the blogger. For me, and my interest in Catholic-tinged news, the question has arisen with particular force during these years of pretty much continual clergy sexual abuse revelations. A general rule of thumb that I’ve developed is this: I usually don’t post news about lawsuits or accusations. Anyone can file…

More accusations; Cathedral rector placed on leave.

As in General Audience: May the sacrifice of Fr Andrea Santoro, “silent and courageous servant of the Gospel,” who worked “to bring Christ and the Gospel” to Turkey, contribute to the cause of dialogue between religions and peace among peoples.”  This is the prayer raised today by Benedict XVI who, at the end of his…

From a reader: I always read your blog. I live in Lima, Peru. Let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I saw your book De-coding Da Vinci in Spanish displayed next to Brown´s novel in a large local bookstore here in town. I am so glad I found it, I am reading…

No one else send me the New Yorker piece on Mary Magdalene! I got it! I’m reading it now! Thanks! Okay, I’ve read it. Liam’s assesment in the first comment below – I’d agree with. Could have been worse! It’s a fairly decent overview of some of the contemporary insights on MM, and from a…

This one, on the Sundance Channel this evening. Watched parts of it. I think it was satire, but I’m not sure what it was satirizing. Maybe if I were Czech….

Archbishop Carey:   The former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday he was "ashamed to be an Anglican" following Monday’s vote by the Church of England to disinvest from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the territories. The February 6 divestment vote, which was backed by…

USCCB says Compendium of the Catechism will be released at the end of March. Msgr. Daniel Kutys, bishops’ conference deputy secretary for catechesis, said that “since the Compendium was proposed and developed for the purpose of catechizing teens and young adults, the bishops on the catechism committee have recommended that the text be used as…
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