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John Allen reports at NCR Proposition 23 suggests moving the Sign of Peace in the Mass to immediately after the Prayers of the Faithful, hence before the Eucharistic Prayer, and also affirms existing rules that the priest is not to leave the sanctuary during the Sign of Peace. Proposition 28 affirms the existing norms in…

Go to Jim Manney’s People of the Book to read and discuss There’s no real, extreme dearth of qyuality contemporary fiction that involves Catholic themes, settings and sensibilities. It’s there. When I emerge from this book, I’ll prepare a post with some examples. But the question at Jim’s blog is about Catholic publishers and adult…

This, from a priest: A propos your recent post about the synod, and the rhetorical question about “License to Preach,” I just wanted to add my $0.02.  The faculty for preaching does not always accompany Holy Orders.  It is a separate faculty, and one not granted to permanent deacons in the Archdiocese of Detroit until…

Sandro Magister today: In the hall of the Vatican where the synod on the Eucharist is being held from October 2-23, above the presider’s table is a large screen. It displays a famous fresco by Raphael, which illustrates for the synod fathers the theme of their meeting: the "Disputation on the Sacrament." At the center…

Why most posts don’t have comments…I am finishing up writing a book, and while I do have time to blog, I don’t have time to monitor comments on contentious issues. So…store it all up for next week!

A lengthy interview PB: The phenomenon that America has not become as secularized as Europe is sometimes referred to as the “American exceptionalism.” Some might say that you owe this to the Protestant Evangelical churches, which are more fundamentalist, rather than Catholicism. If one looks at “red” America I often have the impression that what…

Check out the headline Michael found in a Chicago-area paper…

Daniel Mitsui, who comments here, has some new art up at his website – wonderful stuff, St. Benedict and others. He’s also looking to make some sales and get some commissions, with an eye towards a future which he hopes will include architecture school. So: I’m about to mail out a whole slew of portfolios…

We’re trying to figure out here why The How-To Book of the Mass has been hanging tight at #2 in Amazon Catholic bestsellers for a couple of days. Perhaps some RCIA groups have ordered? Perhaps it’s catching the Mother Angelica wave? People go online to order the Mother Angelica book and see Michael’s right below…
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