Last week, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the keynote speaker at the Orange County Catholic Prayer Breakfast (which I was supposed to mention here on the blog before it happened, but forgot to…so sorry Michelle!). Blogger Jake blogged on the talk here and the Archbishop’s remarks are here. (pdf version) He begins by speaking…

An AsiaNews article on current relations between the Vatican and Israel, in the form of an interview with Honorable Oded Ben Hur, Israeli ambassador to the Holy See, Deliberations of the Holy See-Israel bilateral commission are set to resume today in Jerusalem after being stalled for a long time. The resumption, permitted by the Olmert…

More from St. Paul’s : Archaeologists digging to reach the tomb of St Paul have stumbled across a life-size "sketch" of the dome of St Peter’s produced by one of its architects in the 16th century. The excavation of St Paul’s tomb at the church of St Paul’s Outside-the-Walls in Rome is now complete, and…

As Drudge blasted yesterday, the INS raided several meat-packing plants across the country yesterday in an illegal immigrant search. The greatest impact was in Colorado. Employers not sanctioned. A reader from Colorado notes the timing  – Our Lady of Guadalupe. This article makes the connection and the reader adds: Even in my mostly-white parish, a…

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