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We were going and then we weren’t. And then we were again. Countless times, I went back and forth on the Notre Dame Eucharistic procession on Sunday. When this year’s edition first seeped into my consciousness, I was certain that we would make it, then – maybe not. It would take us away from the…

I linked to American Papist’s coverage below, but just a couple more articles: From Catholic News Agency Enjoying the second day of his pastoral visit Lombardi Dioceses of Vigevano and Pavia, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Holy Mass at the Borromeo College of Pavia.  The Holy Father focused his homily on the conversion of Saint Augustine,…

Michele Fu Tieshan, Patriotic Archbishop of Beijing died last week. From AsiaNews: Michele Fu Tieshan, Patriotic Archbishop of Beijing, will receive a funeral fit for a “head of state”. There will be no Vatican representative present, neither the religious ceremony nor the state burial. Church sources in Hong Kong told AsiaNews that members of the…

The Chaldean bishop of Kirkuk makes an appeal: “In Iraq Christians are dying, the Church is disappearing under continued persecution, threats and violence carried out by extremists who are leaving us no choice: conversion or exile”.  This is the urgent appeal sent to AsiaNews by msgr. Louis Sako, Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk, while reports arrive…

Some photos from today. I’ll have a post up later. Very nice day, seemed to go well, with a good crowd and curious, hopefully moved, onlookers. Before, preparing. Waiting for Mass to end: A sense of the length of the procession: The third station, in front of the statue of Fr. Sorin: The last station,…

American Papist is back on the job and has a megapost linking to his other posts on an overview of the weekend, then excerpts from the Pope’s speeches and photos. Fr. Z has a lengthy post on St. Augustine’s relics.

We’re heading over to South Bend to the Eucharistic Procession. Say hey if you see us – me and the children. Michael’s here for a few hours, recovering from his red-eye from LA last night, and getting ready for a 3pm flight to Florida..

Gashwin’s looking: …what is a good parish in the New York City area to go for Mass?  I won’t be doing my usual at St. Paul the Apostle this Sunday.  It will be nice to be at a place with good solid liturgy and preaching.  I’ve tried various things on Google, but they end up…

Interesting story from CNS: Breaching normal protocol, several participants in a 2005 Vatican-sponsored conference over the ethics of declaring someone brain dead have published the papers they delivered at the debate. Many of the papers reproduced in "Finis Vitae: Is Brain Death Still Life?" argue that the concept of brain death was devised mainly to…

Please go read Zadok. And remember – Beliefnet published a piece by him on this very subject. From his most recent post: That darned McBrien Now, maybe he’s being quoted out of context, but he reportedly says: "If there’s no limbo and we’re not going to revert to St. Augustine’s teaching that unbaptized infants go…
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