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All right, here we go.. 1) Brilliant? 2) Cowardly cop-out? 3) Contempt for the audience? 4) Ultimate respect for the audience? The rest after the jump…

Lots of good comments in the post below this – interesting things seem to be happening around the Catholic world. I was particularly struck by this, so I’m highlighting it: All things Christ and Philly… This week, the ever wise Philadelphia City Council declared Philadelphia a "pro-choice city". Cardinal Rigali quickly answered with this (video…

So…what is going on around the globe, Corpus Christi-wise? We attended Mass on Saturday evening. The music – typical traditional English-language Eucharistic hymns, plus the totally grating and simpering  Bread Blessed and Broken . The sequence, Lauda Sion, was read by the priest. I don’t even know if it was in the missalette – my…

Links to many news stories in the US and European press over at Papa Ratzinger Forum, here.

PIME missionary priest kidnapped in Philippines.

Bush visit to Trastavere: US President George W. Bush has cancelled a plan to visit the St. Egidio community in Rome on June 9, apparently because of security concerns. The American leader was due to travel to Rome’s Trastevere section on Saturday, to meet with members of the Catholic lay group in the church of…

Elizabeth Lev’s column at Zenit – on St. Petronilla, her legend, and her importance at St. Peter’s Basilica; and a quick overview of the history of San Clemente, which this week observed the 150th anniversary of the beginnings of the excavations revealing its multi-layered history. Most visitors to St. Peter’s Basilica wonder why the candles…

Yesterday was the Feast of Corpus Christi  – it is normally and traditionally celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Where it is not a holy day of obligation, it is transferred to the following Sunday (as it is here.) The Pope lead the procession in Rome from St. John Lateran up the hill to…

In light of recent events: Pope Benedict XVI’s security guards are known for composure under pressure, and they showed it when a deranged German tried to jump onto the pope’s jeep at a general audience. Within seconds, 11 Vatican plainclothes agents — Swiss Guards and policemen — subdued the 27-year-old man and pinned him to…

Today, the Pope met with participants in the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella agency of Catholic relief and social justice groups that includes Catholic Charities, USA and Catholic Relief Services. The Pope’s speech to the group (delivered in English): So what is the particular mission of your Confederation? What aspect of the Church’s…
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