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Hopeful newspaper report about a priest, director of liturgy for the Diocese of Covington, who survived a car crash with serious burns He undergoes twice-daily showers and changes of the bandages on his fingers. Each shower and change takes about 90 minutes. "In the Cincinnati burn unit, I was like a mummy at one stage,"…

Rocco reports there’s a new one From VIS: – Fr. Randolph Roque Calvo of the clergy of San Francisco, U.S.A., pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Redwood City, as bishop of Reno (area 183,506, population 607,459, Catholics 91,973, priests 42, permanent deacons 11, religious 50), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born…

Really excellent webzine for Catholics in Singapore – and the rest of the world, too!

Francis X. Rocca on Italy’s Nativity scenes – Also called presepi, they are far more than just a stable and a few animals. They are social panoramas, often quite elaborate, and an essential part of Italian Christmas traditions: And yet, disturbing as all this sensuality may be to the Puritan who dwells inside every American…

Welcome all of you who are stopping by inspired by my NRO piece. Nice to have you.  Substantive posting is an off-and-on proposition here, depending on how tired I am, what other work I have, and how that insomnia’s going. But I have written a load of books – you can see them here, along…

Brilliant! This is what we need – Matthew at Holy Whapping provides most excellent captions for still from the DVC movie. More! Someone do a webpage!

The text of the Pope’s year-end speech to the Curia (at least the first part. Second part is forthcoming, I assume) In relation to the Second Vatican Council: It could be said that three tiers of questions were formed that now, at the hour of Vatican II, awaited a response.  First and foremost, it was…

The G.K.Chesterton Society has a blog! And…in case you didn’t know..There’s a Ronald Knox Society of America now.

Me on NRO – would have linked earlier but I didn’t know it would run this soon. But…one "l," people. ONE "L!" (Note – the typo has been corrected. But I leave this up so Mark Shea’s comment will make some sense)

On liturgy, to the choir of the pontifical chapel: The importance of pontifical liturgy has become more pronounced, the Pope said. He noted that "today, with television and radio, many people, from all parts of the world, follow the liturgy." Those who follow the papal ceremonies are likely to use them as a yardstick against…
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