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I had wondered about this – never have been there, so I’ve never seen the country south of New Orleans, but my impression, via the movies, is just of swampy almost-islands, ready to sink into the Gulf. So I have, for the past week, been wondering how they could have survived. Some didn’t. This town…

China decries Vatican invite China, which bans its Catholics from recognising the Pope, has turned down a Vatican invitation to four Chinese bishops to go to Rome, saying it showed no respect. Beijing has not had diplomatic ties with the Vatican since 1951, two years after the Communist takeover in China, and insists that relations…

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…but good poetry this time. Please check out, from the Fellowship of St. Caedmon, a review of the marvelous poetry of David Athey, in his collection, "Hunting and Gathering Heaven." And don’t forget the poet(s?) at Lofted Nest, blogging poetically in the Catholic blogosphere

Yes, we have ambulatory motion…

M.J. and his grandfather, my dad, in Washington D.C. in August. More photos at the click.

From a reader: Amy,  maybe you can pass this along… Many Catholic schools and parishes sell scrip/gift cards as fundraisers for their programs.  Because many local relief agencies are overwhelmed with bulky "stuff", however necessary, my parish is encouraging purchase of scrip from the school to send to local relief agencies.  Gift cards requested are:…

No, not mine. John Zmirak’s – described in a Godspy piece. If it does provoke a demonic possession scare, The Exorcism of Emily Rose (read my review here) would be following in the footsteps of Richard Donner’s The Omen, the classic supernatural thriller which wrecked a solid year of my life. When this movie depicting…

A must-read, as they say. Matt Labash from New Orleans. Horror. In the parking lot outside the hangar sits George Lainart, a police officer from Georgia, who has led a flotilla of nine airboats over land to try to pitch in with the rescue. But his crew has been on the bench for two days,…

1. The Compendium of the Catechism – "late 2005" 2. Remember that BBC series "The Monastery?" People who saw it, raved – said it was respectful and even profound. Unfortunately, it was never shown on BBCAmerica – I wrote and asked at the time and they said they had no plans to show it. It’s…
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