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The Deacon's Bench

That’s what this fellow says we are, and he makes a very good, and very funny, point. Click and enjoy. H/T Brutally Honest by way of The Anchoress.

This is an interesting little news nugget: an attorney who wants to grill the pontiff about sex abuse in one American archdiocese: Pope Benedict XVI should be questioned soon about clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church because he is the most knowledgeable person on the topic and his advanced age makes future testimony unlikely,…

After being dormant for a long time, the diocese of El Paso diaconate program is alive and kicking — and is about to ordain its first class of deacons in more than a quarter century: For the first time in more than 25 years, the El Paso Catholic Diocese will be ordaining 15 deacons —…

You can add Trenton to the list of dioceses that is busily ordaining deacons this season. The write up is right here: Eleven men, four from Mercer County and one from Burlington County, were ordained as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church yesterday by Bishop John M. Smith at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral…

The day after Pentecost, there are increasing signs that the Spirit is at work. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Catholic Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh received an honorary doctorate from St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe over the weekend, capping a week in which his prayers for more vocations to the priesthood show signs of being answered.…

As some have reported, President Bush’s wedding gift to his daughter was a limestone altar, which will remain at the ranch (aptly named “Prairie Chapel”) after the wedding. Below is a picture, provided by the White House, that shows most of the altar. FOOTNOTE: A blogging friend points out the obvious disconnect: “If they’re Methodists,…

When I read this, I thought: “This guy sounds more Muslim than Catholic.” And I mean that in a good way. How many Catholics are this devoted to the Liturgy of the Hours? From the East Valley Tribune in Arizona: Abraham Samandar was born and raised in Jerusalem, and he has read and reread the…

Last year, the Washington Post ran a remarkable story about an unusual experiment in the Washington, DC subway. The reporter asked one of the most celebrated violinists of his age to play his fiddle — a priceless Stradivarius — on the Metro platform while people were going to work. Would anyone notice? It was a…

A bishop in a neighboring diocese, Rockville Center, has just issued a pastoral letter, and he’s cracking down on how and where the Body of Christ is distributed. From Newsday (Long Island, New York): For three decades, students at elite Chaminade High School in Mineola could receive Communion during a 15-minute “Communion Service” just before…

That seems to be the operative word for the fellow on the right. (You recognize the gent on the left, I’m sure.) Anyway, he’s none other than Catholicos Karekin II, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He visited with Pope Benedict on May 9. Picture from CNS/L’Osservatore Romano.
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