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From a reader: Not sure you post this type of bleg but thought I would ask since you have such a large readership with such unusual Catholic interests. I’m in search of a copy of Rotal Anthology: An Annotated Index of Rotal Decisions from 1971-1988, compiled by Augustine Mendonca, published by Canon Law Society of…

Uninsured sue Catholic Healthcare West: Lawyers representing three uninsured Latinos filed a class-action suit Tuesday against Catholic Healthcare West hospitals, alleging price-gouging of patients without health coverage. The suit claims the San Francisco-based health care provider with 40 hospitals in California, Nevada and Arizona, including St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, routinely charges uninsured…

Sayeth Jim Manney of Loyola, commenting on the debut of our latest Loyola Classics title, Morris West’s The Devil’s Advocate at #9 on the Catholic Book Publisher’s Association November best-seller’s list After I get this BLASTED MARY MAGDALENE book done, I am going to spend a lot of time here talking about our Loyola Classics…

Danielle Bean, an excellent writer herself, has kind words for the Book of Days

Publisher John Barger’s letter

The abuse spotlight moves back to the West Coast today, as more documents were released. The LA Times story: The newly released documents were prepared by church lawyers in connection with efforts to settle the pending cases. Known as proffers, they represent what the church would be prepared to concede in the settlement talks. They…

A John Allen report on the community: Talking to pilgrims here, and to ecumenical observers in other places, three aspects of Taizé seem to be the most impressive. First is the utter selflessness of the community. The brothers don’t charge fees, don’t ask for contributions, don’t ask people to join anything nor to leave anything…

Vaticanisti has a brief entry on the newly-confirmed US ambassador to the Vatican.

John Allen’s piece from Tuesday morning answers the question some have: Exactly what is this for, anyway? (link will change later this AM) At the end of the synod, participants will produce two documents — a set of propositions that are private and for the pope and a message for the public. Statement to ‘grab…

We were pursuing the Spring ’06 offerings from Harper SanFrancisco – a remarkably diverse line that season, with authors from Bart Ehrman to N.T.Wright and beyond. They definitely have a clear sense of their intended market: everyone. Anyway, we happened across this forthcoming title, which we imagined might just be the shortest book ever published:…
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