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As you know, over the past weeks, Pope Benedict has been presenting a catechesis on the 12 Apostles during his weekly General Audience. Now it’s time for the "13th Apostle." Benedict XVI today announced a new cycle of catechesis to 25,000 people gathered for the general audience, since he has completed his depiction of the…

Rich Leonardi has a report from a Rome operative that all regularly scheduled Masses at St. Peter’s in Rome are now in Latin, except for the readings. Confirmation? Context? Here’s the Mass schedule at St. Peter’s from the website of Santa Susanna, the American, Paulist-run parish in Rome, not yet updated. Note what’s on top:…

John Allen did a Theology on Tap in NYC on Regensburg and the reaction…and is surprised that his audience doesn’t really have much hope for the Muslim end of things. What surprised me as we began to talk about these concepts was the depth of skepticism I sensed, as well as the fairly palpable irritation…

Just a couple of thoughts, inspired by your comments. It seems to me that the central question of the Bottum essay is this: Catholicism was "contained" in those nooks and crannies in which the swallows rested. Catholic culture – high and low, was the means by which the faith was expressed, learned, lived and passed…
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