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Over the past few days, I’ve discovered that some non-spam mail is being directed to my spam box. A lot of mail coming from .osv.com, plus a few others, including two that were responses to responses of mine to notes that originally had not gone to spam. Usually, if you respond to something, the program…

Now and again, we muse here about that thing called "Christian culture, " particulary in regard to the changing face of Catholicism in formerly strongly Catholic European countries, as well as Quebec. Just trying to figure out what was going on, what happened, and what will happen. Fr. Steele, a Holy Cross priest from Notre…

Clayton Emmer’s been on pilgrimage the past few days, including a trip to Rome that he’s not yet blogged about, but will soon, I’m sure The Roaming Roman has great photos from her group’s recent trip to Naples, as well as an interesting account of a talk Dr. Robert Moynihan gave them: Dr. Moynihan also…

A new rector of a Long Island seminary – a return to earlier (and more sensible) days? "I must tell you, I was very surprised to be considered," said McDonald, 64, who attended the seminary. "I thought St. Matthew’s parish would be my first and last appointment as priest." Considered a champion of conservative orthodoxy…

That long-term lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of using government funds to restore the California missions, has been dropped: A hearing had been scheduled for Friday in U.S. District Court here on the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss it. The missions bill was sponsored in the House by Farr, and in the Senate by Sen. Barbara…

A priest and his brother reaching out to Latino youth: Some people might be skeptical of a priest who reaches out to teenagers online, but the thousands of young people who log onto his Web site seem to think that “El Padrecito” and his 2-inch-tall alter ego are doing a good thing. Father Masseo Gonzalez,…

We’re hearing with increasing frequency and confidence that translation is the issue with the new encyclical. The Times (UK) reports: POPE BENEDICT XVI’s first important pronouncement has been delayed by an unprecedented tussle over the final wording between key Vatican departments and the Pope’s German household staff. Vatican officials said that the delay in publishing…

Mollie at Get Religion has a post about the incredibly gruesome film Hostel, comparing the hew and cry by some cultural conservatives against Brokeback Mountain and the silence regarding this film. Hostel was #1 its first weekend of release, but fell pretty far this weekend, ousted by decidedly calmer films like Hoodwinked and Glory Road…

Still the most mystifying Supreme Court decision last year, by far. Well, maybe not mystifying, but…something. The Anchoress has a great post on a news item about a land grab that includes a church or two, leading her to reflect on the role of churches in a community.

I’ve finally updated my list of speaking gigs down there on the right. I cannot take any more this spring, with two exceptions: 1)Within a 1-hour drive of Fort Wayne 2) If, by any chance, you missed my call a few months ago when we were first setting the South Carolina thing up, and you’d…
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