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Today in the General Audience, Pope Benedict spoke on Pope Gregory I. There’s an AsiaNews summary here, and when some sort of translation emerges, I’ll post.  Update: Teresa Benedetta is my hero! Basically, the three objectives that Pope Gregory aimed for constantly were: to contain the expansion of the Lombards in Italy; to take away…

I’m going to try to get myself back into the blogging spirit by posting on books I’ve read over the past month or so. This will be an ongoing post – I’ll add to it as the day goes on. (What else is going on? Lots, actually, but none of it seems quite fascinating enough…

Today (May 24) has been designated as a “Word Day of Prayer for China,” and all eyes have been on the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan, about an hour outside of Shanghai, the site of May pilgrimages by Chinese Catholics, particularly associated with today – May 24- Our Lady, Help of Christians. (Here is a blog…

From the St. Louis Review, how Catholics in St. Louis are helping women and children in Siberia: (I believe I have blogged about this parish before, and some of might have seen the parish’s pastor, Fr. Michael Shields, on EWTN in the past. Still…worth repeating. And donations are easy to make.) Since its inception last…
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