A notice: The Orestes Brownson Council (http://www.nd.edu/~obcnd) of theUniversity of Notre Dame will be sponsoring a solemn Latin RequiemMass, celebrated according to the Pauline rite, with full Gregorianchant performed by the Notre Dame Gregorian Schola. The Mass iscosponsored by People of Devotion, the Jacques Maritain Center, andthe Notre Dame Department of Theology, and will take…

The new Weekly Standard has a review  of volume IX of Newman’s collected letters. (Which is interesting because this apparently was released in May, and volume X, which covers the final two years of his life as an Anglican, is due to be published next week.) (Article only available to subscribers. Portions quoted here.) After…

Get this: The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton, has been banned from one of the oldest cathedrals in Britain after accusations that he has become an “instrument of disunity”. Lord Carey, who has become a champion of orthodoxy in the Anglican Church since stepping down from the top job in 2002, was…

Turkish Prime Minister to Estonia: In late September, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that when Pope Benedict XVI visits his country later this month, he would “set him straight” with regard to his views on Islam. In the event, however, Erdogan has decided to forgo delivering a theology lesson to Joseph Ratzinger,…

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