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More Catholic Adult Formation Follies: Thank you for your books, of which I have quite a collection, and thank you for your Bad Girls essay. I needed that one to know I am not alone, especially after last night’s Formation Committee meeting where our really ,really nice liberal DRE was going on about how we…

Mexican bishop causes uproar Provoking the uproar were declarations by Bishop Ramon Godinez, of the central state of Aguascalientes, who remarked this month that donations from drug traffickers are not unusual, but that it’s not the church’s responsibility to investigate. He argued that the money is "purified" once it passes through the parish doors. "Just…

John Allen does some reporting on the Synod. Nothing much new, but he brings it all together: The synod took a break from the daily round of six-minute speeches on Wednesday morning in order to meet for the first time in the 12 small groups that will eventually help produce the propositions to be presented…

From the City Pages, the alternative Minneapolis paper – an article about the Erickson case, with more details about his pastoral tenure. Written before Monday.

Vatican Radio talks to a Canadian bishop on what’s been going on

Prop. 71=Disaster Long ago in November of 2004, the people of California voted for a ballot proposition that would spend around $6 billion (including interest charges) on cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. It was a strange campaign, vastly lopsided (pro-cloning spending was around 50 times that of the opposition), aided greatly by the late and…

In the DVC post below, there’s a question of what does it matter if Jesus was married? And what’s the problem with talking and wondering about it? Here’s the problem, touched on by another commentor: There’s no mention of a wife of Jesus in the Gospels. No indication, whatsoever that he was married, and the…

No more word of "coarse exchanges apparently," A change in plans: The Vatican clamped down on information emerging from a meeting of the world’s bishops Wednesday after some of the prelates had expressed concern that details of their debates had been released. The Vatican press office has arranged for daily briefings in five separate languages…

The battle rages. The Spectator bloggers seem to be on Bush’s side, with a couple heaping scorn upon George Will’s column from today. Most of the Corner-ites continue to be disappointed. Professor Bainbridge makes no secret of his views. At Southern Appeal, Stephen DIllard agrees with David Frum who disagrees with a piece in the…

Please, please go read Annie Banno’s post at After Abortion about her viewing of the film A Distant Thunder, and her conversation with its producer. And read a couple of posts down, about the impact of abortion on the Hispanic community in the U.S.
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