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Had a nice hour or so this morning at our local Catholic radio station, helping out with their fundraiser, hosted by Catholic Answer’s Jerry Usher, in-studio, with Raymond Arroyo calling in for a brief chat mid-way. It’s a young station that is doing very well, with lots of support from the diocese, priests and parishes…

In case you didn’t know it, Gerald of Closed Cafeteria is in Rome for a couple of weeks, and unlike some of us with all of our good intentions, is blogging a lot. Go check it out!

In California, there’s a legislative battle over issuing birth certificates for stillborn babies. One guess on the opposition: It is more than a piece of paper to many of the nearly 3,000 families that cope with stillbirth each year in California. They are anxiously watching Senate Bill 850, which would authorize the state to issue…

Sandro Magister does some analysis: There is a limit beyond which the words of Benedict XVI do not go. They reach completely only those who listen to them in person, whether present physically or thanks to a live television broadcast. The number of these persons is substantial, more than for any earlier pontificate. The Easter…

Fr. Z reprints and comments on Cardinal Zen’s statement regarding the Pope’s forthcoming letter to Chinese Catholics The statement references an letter, reprinted in the Chinese press, by an anonymous Chinese priest. Cardinal Zen’s conclusion: If readers, inside and outside China, accept the suggestions of the article, they will expect the Holy Father to emphasise…

In Sunday’s Urbi et Orbi message, Pope Benedict said the following: Likewise the population of East Timor stands in need of reconciliation and peace as it prepares to hold important elections. Elsewhere too, peace is sorely needed: in Sri Lanka only a negotiated solution can put an end to the conflict that causes so much…

…but one (expected) resignation: Bishop Charron of Des Moines, for health reasons. His statement Diocesan press release: It is customary for bishops to send the pope a letter asking to retire when they turn 75 years old. However, bishops may be granted retirement earlier for a variety of reasons. Bishop Charron, 67, wrote a letter…

A travel piece in the NYTimes: One of the tasks of Roger Server as mayor of this quaint village in western France is to console misguided tourists who want to hear the monks in its 11th-century monastery singing in Gregorian chant. “People come and ask, ‘Can you visit the concerts?’ ” Tourists are restricted to…

Tibetan Catholics, remaining loyal: Deep in the southwest mountains of officially atheist China, a small congregation of Tibetan Catholics still pledges its loyalty to the Pope after years of persecution and isolation. This community in the mountains of Yunnan province that buttress Tibet itself has remained a bastion of the faith since Swiss missionaries converted…

Thanks to a reader for passing on this profile of the new director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra -an interesting piece, an interesting life for a number of reasons, including his faith: Manfred Honeck’s devotion to his faith impresses even clergymen, says Father Ludescher. "He knows very well that all the success and all the…
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