The rumblings about Tony Blair’s conversion to Catholicism are getting louder. Now, the British press is pounding the drums, and sounding awfully certain: Tony Blair will convert to Roman Catholicism within weeks when he is received into the church by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, according to the Catholic magazine the Tablet. There…

And now for something completely different: cloistered nuns who have made Eucharistic adoration their personal ministry — on the internet. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: When she entered religious life four decades ago, Sister Mary Catherine supposed her life as a contemplative, cloistered nun would keep its medieval ways forever. In many ways, it has. “We…

Deacon doings out in Portland, Oregon: news that they’ve just ordained a half dozen more men to the diaconate: Six men were ordained permanent deacons Saturday for service in Catholic parishes of western Oregon. “Today’s celebration is all about service, a tradition in our church community that goes all the way back to the Lord…

Wooden crosses, each decorated with a poppy and bearing the name of a fallen soldier, stand in the Field of Remembrance set up at Westminster Abbey in London, Thursday, November 8, 2007. Photo: by Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP

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