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Just returned from a presentation by Jason Evert, well-known chastity speaker, given at a local high school – I let Katie have a morning off from her school so she could go, which didn’t bother her a bit. I was quite impressed – I’d never heard Jason speak before, although I have heard other chastity…

An initial post from Rob Vischer at MOJ. Followed by Rick Garnett: Based on a quick read of the majority opinion:  The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion seems a narrow, but important one.  Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the majority does not change the Court’s basic position with respect to abortion,…

Just a few notes: The Pope’s book on Jesus has sold well. Still #1 on German Amazon. Teresa at PRF translates a news item that says it sold 50,000 copies in Italy on the first day, and that there are now 420,000 copies in print so far. Fr. Robert Imbelli notes an error – identifying…

Today in the General Audience, Pope Benedict returned to the catechesis on the great figures of the early Church – recall that he began with the Apostles, moved on to other notable Christians of the apostolic era, and has of late, with the Easter interruption, been taking us through the Fathers of the Church. Today…

Putting pressure on Christians in Iraq: “Get rid of the cross or we will burn your Churches”. This is the threat aimed at the Chaldean Church of Sts Peter and Paul, located in the ancient Christian quarter of Baghdad, Dora. Local sources say an unknown armed Islamic group is behind the threats which are inseminating…

I am still trying to finish up what I wanted to finish last week…but I’ll get started with this post, in which I post various links I’ve received in the mail and seen in my own cybertravels. The Popcaks have returned from China with their new daughter, Liliana Faith. They speak about the trip briefly…

Professor Liviu Librescu was 76 years old, a Holocaust survivor and a professor of engineer mechanics at Virgnia Tech. The Jerusalem Post reports: As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech…

Thanks to reader Melissa for alerting us to the news that Audrey Santo passed away over the weekend. After two decades of attracting believers and inspiring others to recommit to their Catholicism, Audrey Marie Santo has died. The 23-year-old was in a coma-like state since she nearly drowned in her family’s pool in 1987, and…

You’ll want to watch this – two versions, one in German, the other Italian (this one slightly longer). Interesting footage of the Pope saying Mass in the chapel in the Apostolic Palace (ad orientem – in Italian, I think. ), a Pope’s-eye view of the Angelus, riding the elevator, a walk in the Vatican Gardens,…

Horror in Blacksburg. Mysterious, dark senseless evil. My son, David graduated from Virgnia Tech last spring, but still lives in Blackburg, working on campus. He is safe, but deeply, understandably upset, and reported that they were commanded to shut down the store and leave campus by police around 9:30 this morning. God rest the souls…
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