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This was announced last week, but since I knew nothing about this man, I refrained from posting and let others do the heavy lifting. Benedict named Sri Lankan Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, who is now serving as apostolic nuncio to Indonesia and East Timor, as secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship. (Where…

A NYtimes piece from a few days ago about Vietnamese-American seminarians and priests At a time when fewer American Catholics are expressing interest in the priesthood, Vietnamese-American men are an anomaly. They are now the second-largest minority ethnic group in seminaries, only slightly behind Hispanics, who account for a far larger percentage of the general…

There’s a heresy trial starting today. In the United States of America. In the Catholic Diocese of San Bernadino. Here’s the story. (Requires registration) The Diocese of San Bernardino today will hold what experts say could be one of the few Roman Catholic heresy trials in U.S. history. The priest on trial refuses to attend…

…there’s a Diocese of Marquette. I saw this in the VIS release, and thought it was a mistake. No, just my ignorance – it’s the UP of Michigan. Well, they have a new bishop! Appointed Fr. Alexander King Sample of the clergy of Marquette, U.S.A., diocesan chancellor, as bishop of the same diocese (area 42,152,…
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