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Pope on two-hour visit to children’s hospital. Scares one kid who thought he was a doctor. Poor thing! Some photos here.

Former Anglican, new Roman Catholic Al Kimel has some liturgical suggestions… A word to celebrants: Stick to the script! I doubt that you have the authority to ad lib at the liturgy anyway, but few priests have the gift to do it well anyway. Say the words that are given to you, exactly as they…

John Allen’s Word From Rome previews the Synod on the Eucharist, beginning next week. A UK Tablet review of Allen’s forthcoming book on Opus Dei The method Allen follows is to take the case against Opus Dei and sift it. Thus, he takes an article published in the magazine America in 1995 which says the…

From the WSJ, on the Spokane diocese bankruptcy ruling So far, three U.S. dioceses have declared bankruptcy as a result of tort claims, and others could follow. If the Spokane ruling stands and is mimicked elsewhere, diocesan creditors will enjoy greater access to parish assets than the local bishop himself. Hundreds of churches and schools…

Archbishop Hughes will celebrate Mass in St. Louis Cathedral on Sunday Diocese of Beaumont relocates to Houston NO Archdiocese considers the future The Diocese of Biloxi – a photographic slide show cataloging the damage

From Damian Thompson at the UK Spectator. The reader who passed it on remarked: typically glib and gossipy piece from Damien Thompson in the spectator. contains enough sweeping generalisations to carpet vatican city. For the time being, therefore, you can believe what you want to believe. Left-leaning media outlets such as the New York Times…

Some of you may recall from last December, news of a young Wisconsin priest committing suicide. He had just been questioned by investigators looking into a double homicide. Now, the investigators say they have strong circumstantial evidence that the priest was responsible for the crimes A prosecutor says he will present "strong circumstantial evidence” next…

That’s a really lovely drive at night – up some big road, approaching the capitol building, much like going up any one of the approaches to the US capitol. Beautiful lit, a really gorgeous building. Impressive! And I had no idea Madison was on an isthmus – I look forward to seeing it in the…

I like what Terry Mattingly called this post: An Anonymous Priest Walks Into a Newsroom, addressing the ethical questions behind the media’s proliferation of the pained gay priest expressing his fears about the coming witchhunt and unwilling to go on record. Now, I’ll say one thing. Given the contempt unleashed even against men who describe…
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