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Remember that National Association of Pastoral Musicians’ survey from a while back, asking for the titles of "songs that made a difference" – referring to music used in liturgies? No? Well, they had an online survey to that effect. I don’t see any publication of say, the top 50, which would be interesting, but here’s…

Two questions: Did you hear Pescador de Hombres? (No judgment on the song, which I like – I think I would like it better in Spanish than English, though. Just curious) Were pro-life concerns mentioned? Me: 1)Yes 2)No (And hey, please say more about the liturgy you attended if you like!)

VATICAN CITY, JAN 21, 2006 (VIS) – This morning in the Urban VIII Chapel of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, in keeping with the tradition for today’s feast of St. Agnes, the Pope today blessed two lambs, the wool of which will be used to make the palliums bestowed on new metropolitan archbishops on June 29,…

Magister tries to sort out conflicting reports: Joseph Ratzinger has written little on the topic of Islam over the years. But it is a topic very much on his mind, and all the more so since he became pope. Last September, in Castelgandolfo (see photo), Benedict XVI dedicated two days of study to Islam, behind…

From Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, JAN 23, 2006 (VIS) – This morning, Benedict XVI participated in a congress organized by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum." The event is being held in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall on January 23 and 24, and its theme, taken from St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, is:…

Chris Johnson’s catching up to you –

The Flying Friar: A comic book/ graphic novel inspired by St. Joseph Cupertino: Mr Johnston, a British author of graphic novels, attempted to keep his character faithful to the saint, but has embellished his adventures by creating a fictional adversary in the style of Superman’s enemy, Lex Luthor. The story involves Joseph’s struggle with Lux…

A rather vexing article from the Times UK (reported by Richard Owen, who is reportedly not a great friend of the cause) on the Vatican’s recent moves on copyrights for papal documents. A Milanese publishing house that had issued an anthology containing 30 lines from Pope Benedict’s speech to the conclave that elected him and…

To blog reviews of the three books on the sidebar, and get on to some more. Now that I’m not spending hours every day researching Rome apartments, that might actually be possible… Oh, and add Crunchy Cons to the list! Got my review copy (at last) and will share some thoughts on that as well.

With all of the news from this weekend of remembrance: Pro-life Blogs After Abortion C-Span will cover live from noon EWTN from 11 AM eastern Ron Belgau offers a reflection at a memorial service for the unborn
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