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Real caption here. Not much too it, but there you go. More from the general audience, in which a hoarse pope is blessed by a little boy (Here’s the original Italian – I’m puzzled by the word "down" that’s in the original and makes the English kind of weird. Is it a typo, do you…

A bishop expands on the meeting: Today, in an interview with the newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, Auxiliary Bishop Rino Fisichella clarified the motives for the papal audience with Fallaci. "That the Pope should receive Oriana Fallaci and talk with her should not surprise anyone, unless they have evil intentions," Bishop Fisichella told the newspaper.…

Three women charged with violating Indonesia’s 2002 Child Protection Act by trying to convert Muslim children were found guilty on all charges in an Indonesian court and sentenced to three years in jail. The verdict against Rebecca Loanita, Etty Pangesti e Ratna Mala Bangun was pronounced on September 1 after four months of trial during…

The Diocese of Biloxi website is finally back up There’s not much there yet about Katrina, but the site does indicate that they might be starting an "adopt a school" and "adopt a parish" program. Considering the destruction in the area…this might be something for your (our?) parish or school to think about. A CNS…

The papers are busy with stories of relocation and lives restarted. I particularly liked this one, about what a Catholic parish in Rockville, MD is doing: HOUSTON, Sept. 6 — "Need a home?" the flier asked. The Rev. William Finch, pastor of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Rockville, arrived here Tuesday ready to sell Montgomery…

Archdiocese of St. Louis posts half-million dollar bond for priest The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis has put up a half-million dollars to keep out of jail the priest convicted last week of sodomizing a teenage boy. Using ten checks with values ranging from $10,000 to $350,000, church officials posted bond for the Rev.…

For those of you who have Sitemeter on your websites, a very cool new feature I guess they just recently added. Hello, Wuhan, China! (Even though you were looking for "Hindu Print Edition" of …something or other. Welcome for whatever reason!)

Actually, this one isn’t a stylistic classic like so many others I’ve read, but the reader who passed it one was impressed by the deceased’s humble, vibrant faith: In the early 1950s he was a painstaking editor of the Catholic Who’s Who, who would telephone a potential subject’s parish priest to ensure that he was…

I’ll be at Notre Dame on Thursday, speaking to their chapter of the Thomas More Society – on Catholic life, the internet, Here.Now….a heady mix. It’s open to anyone! I know that I have non-law-school readers up there, so please, if you can, stop by. The talk is from 12:15-1:15 in room 120 of the…

Tucson diocese to incorporate parishes individually I’d like a canon lawyer (or someone who plays one on TV) to confirm the details and explanations in this story. Comparisons to diocesan structures in other countries would be helpful. At least seven other U.S. dioceses have already made their parishes separate, corporate entities. They include the archdioceses…
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