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Just as mizznicole from Austin mentions in a comment how helpful the Schoenstatt movement is to her, I post the Magister article that describes Benedict’s two assistants/secretaries (Ingrid Stampa being one, of course) as both being members of this movement. Schoenstatt Movement of Austin

A summary of this past week’s controversies, from Terry Mattingly

Magister on the Pope Begins with critics, and then this observation: The same masses of the faithful that applauded the gestures or striking phrases of pope Karol Wojtyla, while almost completely missing what it was that he was talking about, are doing the opposite with the new pope. They follow Ratzinger’s homilies word for word,…

Julie at Happy Catholic has kind words for The Words We Pray here and here.

Delayed because of the death of John Paul II, now rescheduled, including Charles de Foucauld

If you’re on a computer (uh….yeah, I guess you would be), you can listen to me on this radio station from 8 to 9 (central) this morning. (Link for listening is in the middle column, up top, of their page) (8:30 is closer to it, apparently…I’m on the phone now..) Loyola Classics Website

Coming your way in a month

Catholic bishop shot and killed in Kenya A far more extensive article

In the WSJ, Frederica Mathewes-Green explains the differences between the RC and Orthodox understandings of "unity." From a Roman Catholic perspective, unity is created by the institution of the church. Within that unity there can be diversity; not everyone agrees with official teaching, some very loudly. What holds things together is membership. This kind of…

Another HP interpretation from Jonathon Last in the WSJ: it’s an allegory of English politics in the period between the two World Wars. Hey, he makes his case.
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