Rich Leonardi notes the errors in a letter purporting to note errors about the Tridentine liturgy (Indiana link, btw) The Catholic Girls at U. of MD are working through Ratzinger’s In the Beginning…appropriate considering all the recent ID talk A new, sharp blog by a Christendom College student Al Kimel reports on his move and…

Scary things. From a reader: An alarming experience I thought you’d appreciate: I am taking the "Education for Ministry’ class offered by the Diocese of XXXXX.  Last week, as I was waiting patiently for the Old Testament teacher to arrive for our first class, I couldn’t help overhearing the woman in the chair next to…

As part of their spirituality package, a short piece on Franciscan U. at Steubenville What’s nice is to see a piece in which young people express dissatisfaction with simply going to Mass out of a sense of routine, and then respond by….depening their Catholic faith! Refreshing, that. Even under John Paul II’s conservative successor, it…

A projection of growth and decline over the next few decades: The 10 countries forecast to have the greatest numerical increases in their Catholic populations by 2050 include Congo, the Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, Nigeria, Uganda, Colombia, Argentina, and Angola (see Table 2). These 10 countries are expected to account for slightly more…

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