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The Pope’s trip to Brazil begins in a week. The Benedict Blog has some links to set context and The American Papist has many more.

Ryan Anderson on Amnesty International: AI’s move to changing its policy on abortion has been murmured about for a while now. While looking through the group’s website, Anderson discovered that it’s a done deal and that AI is prepared: Karen Schneider, the chair of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights Working Group, posted a letter, “Updated…

Yesterday, Bishop Kevin Farrell was installed as bishop of Dallas. There’s nothing much at the diocesan web page yet, but here’s the main article from the Texas Catholic: Bishop Farrell, who served as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Washington under Cardinal McCarrick, was led to the cathedra, the bishop’s chair, by Archbishop Sambi and…

…but here ’tis anyway. I always liked this piece from Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine in Orlando. This is summer 2003, Joseph with Joseph and Jesus:

At today’s GA: The “fast track to knowing God, is love”, in reality “even among men and women true knowledge of another person can only be reached if you open your hearts”: the deep meaning of prayer, ‘our conversation with’ and keeping the “gaze of our hearts fixed on Christ.” Was at the centre of…

I was originally excited to see notice of this book: The Roman Catholic Church: A History by Edward Norman. A coffee-table style, richly illustrated history of the Church was badly needed, I thought. Well – it still is. Oh, the images are nice, but the important part – the text – leaves much to be…

Oddest "liturgical curiosity" ever. Well, in the top 10. Matthew LIckona reports.

In case there was any doubt: For the past 3 months, Archbishop Milingo, participated at the morning Hoondokhae held at Cheon Jeong Gung Museum. Also, as he is staying on the Cheongpyeong Holy Ground he would meet with Ambassadors for Peace and visit Holy Ground Beomnaetgal (Busan City), Central Training Center (Guri City) and Commemorative…

First, from Aid to the Church in Need, their project of the month: The mission station of Phuc Chau is situated in the archdiocese of Hanoi, in communist ruled Vietnam. It serves around 400 Catholics, who are extremely committed but live in great poverty. As a result of the Vietnam War and also through climatic…

Damian Thompson, editor of the Catholic Herald in England and blogger for the Telegraph, goes after Karen Armstrong, popular author on comparative religions and most recently, biographer of Mohammad and frequently quoted expert on same. Armstrong recently reviewed Robert Spencer’s own biography of Mohammad for the Financial Times. Negatively, of course. Spencer responds in his…
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