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Yesterday, as we were dropping Joseph off at school, Michael chirped, "Oh, dat’s the church!" (Joseph attends the parish school.) Uh-huh, yes it is, Michael. He continued. "Now I can pray!" Right. Unless what you’ll be doing is vigorously exploring the meaning of "active participation." Maybe.

Over at First Things, Peter Sprigg, who worked in Drinan’s office briefly and is now with the Family Research Council, remembers and tries to understand: One thing that Congressman Drinan said during that period has always stayed with me. In the immediate aftermath of the pope’s order [for Drinan to step down] , there were…

FIrst, prayers for BIshop Mengeling of Lansing, still serving at the age of 76, just diagnosed with bladder cancer. Speaking of Michigan bishops, they have issued a statement urging immigration reform. Questions are raised and confusion surrounds the actions in bishops in Wisconsin and Connecticut, Catholic hospitals, rape victims and emergency contraception: Lifesite news provides…

…in Zimbabwe: Officers from Zimbabwe’s security agency have warned Catholic priests not to distribute local language versions of a pastoral letter that is highly critical of the deepening political and economic crisis here. Zimbabwe’s bishops’ conference issued a pastoral letter, “God Hears the Cry of the Oppressed,” just before Easter that said Zimbabwe’s crisis is…

Really excellent video from the folks at SQPN – the first in their series, "That Catholic Show." Four minutes of good content, very engagingly and appropriately presented (I like how Jennifer sort of whispers when she’s doing a portion from the interior of the church). I also like how the practices of Eastern Catholics are…

Two appointed. Zadok comments on one: Mons Peter J Elliott, who is the author of Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite – probably the sanest and most reasonable practical book on how to celebrate the liturgy of Paul VI. A Confused Papist blogger attended Mass celebrated by Msgr. Elliot earlier this year, and reports, briefly.…

Thanks to a commentator for pointing us to this marvelous site dedicated to St. Catherine of Siena, the work of Thomas McDermott, OP, who teaches spiritual theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.

I would be remiss if I didn’t note two short opinion pieces that appeared in the St. Louis paper over the weekend on the Archbishop Burke flap. First, from Charles E. Bouchard, O.P., is president of Aquinas Institute of Theology: May I contribute to an organization that supports two kinds of work, one morally good…

A circuitous bleg, via St. Meinrad seminarian Dennis, originating from a blogging friend in Ireland, who asks: A question came my way recently….friend of a friend, started dating a Muslim. He’s trying to convince her to convert to Islam, presumably with the idea of marriage later on. This is something that is going to become…

…in Italy: Few teachings of the Catholic Church generate debate like its position on homosexuality, but death threats in recent days against Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, President of the Italian bishops’ conference, mark a new level of intensity in the clash between church officials and backers of gay rights. On Friday, an anonymous envelope…
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