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From the Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, OCT 3, 2005 (VIS) – This morning in the Synod Hall, the first General Congregation of the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was held. The meeting was presided by the Pope, and 241 Synod Fathers were present.   "One of the functions of collegiality,"…

You might want to check out the World Magazine Blog – it’s looking at the nominee from the perspective of her faith (former Catholic) and relationship to her church Immaterial, but interesting.

Okay, one more post, then two solid hours of writing, at the end of which I will emerge with an intro. I will. I will. I will. Go down and read, and contribute to "What did you hear." Don’t discuss though – it’s really not a discussion post. This one will be though. I was…

Ponnuru on The Pick: It’s an inspiring testament to the diversity of the president’s cronies. Wearing heels is not an impediment to being a presidential crony in this administration! I can only assume that the president felt that his support was slipping in this important bloc, and he had to do something to shore it…

Texts of addresses, interventions etc. here Today, Arinze: May the Virgin Mary, “Eucharistic woman” (Ecc. De Euch., 53), intercede for us.May the Holy Spirit give us light, faith, wisdom, pastoral charity, evangelical courage, joy of proclamation and the awareness of our responsibility before God, before the Church and also before the world, to do our…

The blogger at Luminous Miseries, a former Protestant minister, now in the process of becoming Catholic, has revealed his True Identity, and is blogging at his art site. It’s lovely, engaging and quirky. I do like his take on RCIA Each person in my family, including me, said that we had not been exactly sure…

A crie du couer from James Carroll in the Globe Look, I have a lot to do, so I am going to try my darndest to make this one of my few posts today. (Some call it karma, others call it chickens coming home to roost, still others just call it life. The editor who,…

Pope can’t make today’s afternoon session At the end of Monday’s morning session of a synod of bishops at the Vatican, the secretary-general of the gathering, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, made an announcement about the afternoon session, scheduled to begin at 4.30 p.m. (1430 GMT). Just before the microphones on the dais were turned off, reporters…

In case you missed it, the text from yesterday’s homily, this time from the Vatican website. This photo is from earlier today – waiting for Pope’s remarks.

Rocco’s got a good post-Red Mass photo up, but I like mine too- Justice Clarence Thomas, ready for the new term. More photos of movers and shakers here Short story here, more later, I’m sure.
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