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I didn’t know she was Catholic, did you? Her funeral will happen tomorrow, according to this report: Celebrities, family and friends will gather Friday for Lena Horne’s funeral at a Roman Catholic church in Manhattan. The great singer and actress died Sunday at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She was 92. Her funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m.…

Pope Benedict blesses a baby as he arrives to celebrate mass in Fatima, May 13, 2010. Photo from CNS/Reuters

Let us pray [on this day of Ascension as we watch and wait for Jesus’ return] Father in heaven, our minds were prepared for the coming of your kingdom when you took Christ beyond our sight so that we might seek him in glory. May we follow where he has led and find our hope…

It isn’t easy to tell people these days you’re going to be a priest. But that doesn’t seem to have dampened the zeal of men at a seminary in Rome, according to the BBC: It seems, despite a scandal that has been building for years, that there are many who still receive the calling. Like…
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