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With a new president now working in The Oval, commentators have started looking at how he will get along with the Vatican — and vice versa. From CNS: The Vatican has struck a positive tone as it opens relations with the administration of President Barack Obama, emphasizing hopes for cooperation on issues of peace and…

Up in Boston, they’re getting ready to make a little bit of history. From the Pilot: “You have five months and 26 days before your ordination,” a woman told Deacon Shawn P. Carey after Mass Dec. 28 at Newton’s Sacred Heart Church. “I had no idea how many days it was until she told me.…

This delightful video shows an Australian Franciscan friar, Fr. Gabriel, using his own unique skills to minister to young people. There’s a lesson here, I think, for us all. (But shouldn’t this guy wear a helmet??) H/T Roman Catholic Vocations.

As was widely reported, the new president attended the National Prayer Service yesterday at the National Cathedral in Washington. (Among other things, for the first time that service included a sermon delivered by a woman.) Less widely reported is the prayer delivered by Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl, which was adapted from the Book of Common…
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