Tonight, my parish will offer a special mass to commemorate the Chinese Martyrs, whose memorial we celebrate July 9. This is my homily for the occasion. Anyone who saw the 2002 Super Bowl saw something unforgettable. And it had nothing to do with sports. It was held in New Orleans, in the Super Dome. The…

More news late today on the Disturbance in the Force, i.e., rumblings of schism in the Church of England. Damien Thompson has the lowdown: The Bishop of Ebbsfleet, the Rt Rev Andrew Burnham, is to lead his fellow Anglo-Catholics from the Church of England into the Roman Catholic Church, the Catholic Herald will reveal this…

Remember the wonderful video of Matt Harding, dancing his heart out? The mainstream media has finally caught up with him, and his story is splashed on the front page of the Arts section of the New York Times: In many ways “Dancing” is an almost perfect piece of Internet art: it’s short, pleasingly weird and…

Life is about to get very interesting for members of the Church of England — an institution which seems on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Details right here: Members of its General Synod threw out compromise proposals on females in senior ranks. All safeguards demanded by traditionalists were rejected. But the Vatican warned the…

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