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Reading Galley Slaves, and came across an entry from Victorino Matus wishing a happy birthday to one James Martin, S.J., "the oldest Jesuit in the world." Well, that’s a cruel jab, I thought, Fr. Jim Martin ain’t that old, surely.. Oh…it’s another Jesuit Fr. Martin, who really is the oldest Jesuit in the world –…

(No English yet – but in short…Monsignor Paul Joseph Swain, Vicar General of the Diocese of Madison, born in 1943, has a law degree, served in the military, received into the Catholic Church in 1982, ordained in 1988.) Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato Vescovo di Sioux Falls (U.S.A.) il Rev.do Mons. Paul Joseph…

John Miesel, husband of author and frequent blog commentor Sandra Miesel, passed away Wednesday evening. Update: Sandra herself writes: John Miesel died peacefully on Wednesday night. He’d spent in last five weeks in a hospice where he received wonderful and loving care. I thank everyone for their prayers during his illness. It was less than…

Trujillo says no he didn’t A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo denied saying that the Vatican will excommunicate the doctors who performed Colombia’s first legal abortion on an 11-year old girl allegedly raped by…
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