John Thavis at CNS looks at the question of the Vatican’s release of various important documents right before the Pope’s vacation: Before Pope Benedict XVI took off for his summer vacation in the Italian Alps, he engaged in a time-honored Vatican tradition: clearing his desk. That resulted in a flurry of decisions and documents, some…

Now, this looks interesting – Fr. Rob reports: Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), home to Televangelists Benny Hinn and Joyce Meyer, will be broadcasting a 90 minute "dialogue" between Fr. John Riccardo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Pastor Steve Andrews of Kensington Community Church, a suburban Detroit "MegaChurch". The show will air tomorrow,…

Now I’ll clean out my inbox and the fruit of some of my blog wanderings: The Pope is on vacation – check the Papa Ratzinger Forum for updates on that. Our evangelical seeker exploring Orthodoxy and Catholicism has shifted his blog here. Very excellent discussions continue! At the top of the page now – what…

…with some final CBA (or whatever) images: Nehemiah, the Praying Mantis: Yes, it is lipstick, gloss and such: Michael with a, er, football team promoting one of Karen Kingsbury’s several books. This one, Between Sundays. They were giving away tissues. Why tissues? As it says on the pack: "Life-Changing Fiction: Tissues Required) And finally this…

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