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In which we re-open, for one Sunday, our semi-continuing feature asking readers to post their experiences of Mass attendance today (and last night). The tone: Not critical, unless containing yourself would bring on an aneurysm. Just reporting – our readers always like to see what’s going on around the country and around the world. Focus:…

Israeli president to visit Katsav will visit Italy for about a week in mid-November, said Katsav’s spokeswoman, Hagit Cohen. The Foreign Ministry said the visit was "unprecedented." Israel and the Vatican established diplomatic relations in the 1990s, and Pope John Paul II hosted Israeli prime ministers and other officials as part of his effort to…

East Germans spied on Ratzinger for fifteen years

He won’t stop confronting us with what matters…at the Angelus today: The Eucharistic Celebration with which we inaugurated the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops has just concluded at the Basilica of St Peter. The Synodal Fathers, coming from all over the world, together with experts and other delegates, will live a privileged…

The Synod of Bishops began today, with a Mass. Proceedings begin tomorrow. First, off, what’s the Synod of Bishops? Here’s an introduction: The Synod of Bishops is a permanent institution established by Pope Paul VI, 15 September 1965, in response to the desire of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council to keep alive the…

Chinese government won’t allow bishops to attend synod

After Abortion notes a story about a judgment in a Michigan case: According to today’s Detroit News, the teenager who caused the death of his girlfriend’s in utero baby by repeatedly whacking her in the belly with a baseball bat has been sentenced to serve 200 hours of community service in a pro-life pregnancy center.…

A step in the right direction is still a step, even if it’s only one school taking it. Curt Jester reports on a Catholic school in Long Island that has cancelled prom The decision was prompted in part by the prom house frenzy of past years, said administrators in the letter. Students pool funds to…

Vaticanisti has the scoop – there’s four, not just the one numerary.

From Portland Seventy-nine-year-old Marvel Kunkle is going to court, and she’s not happy about it. Kunkle, a self-described "cradle Catholic," has attended St. Peter Catholic Church in west Eugene for 40 years. Because she’s among the 390,000 Catholics who live in Western Oregon, she’s also a defendant in the Archdiocese of Portland’s bankruptcy case. In…
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