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In Genoa: Vandals have defaced the cathedral of Genoa, Italy, in an apparent retaliation after Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco spoke out forcefully against same-sex unions. The words "Bagnasco shame" were spray-painted across the main entrance to the cathedral of St. Lawrence in Genoa. The words appeared shortly after Archbishop Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops’…

I watch House about once a year, and…last night wasn’t one of them! However, the word is that there was a very powerful moment: I gather (and correct me) that the plot involved a situation in which a late-term abortion was being advised by House who referred to the child throughout as a fetus, tadpole,…

Check out this new blog/bloglist thing..it’s just for you. Very much needed resource and gathering spot. Very good stuff so far! (remember another fairly new aggregate blog – Catholic Converts)

A slideshow from contemporary artists, via Christainity Today. Some arresting and evocative images. The Stations of one of the artists, Kevin Rolly: Station NIne: Jesus Falls for the Last Time.

Back in the day, in the heady, slow-downloading, dial-up days that was the internet in the late 90’s, aside from email lists (which I never participated in) the Catholic spot for discussion was the AOL discussion boards. As with any discussion, there are certain topics that immediately heated the place up and derailed everything. In…

The excellent online literary magazine for young Catholic writers has a new issue online and will be issuing a print edition, beginning this summer.

….for Iraq’s Christians: It’s hardly surprising that Iraq’s Assyrian and Chaldean Christians would seek refuge from the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq in one of the most Christian countries in the Middle East — almost one third of Lebanon’s population is Christian, and the country’s presidency is reserved for them. "Iraqi Christians feel comfortable in a…

Fr. Mike , OP of the Catherine of Siena Institute writes of his experiences preaching missions and, specifcially of a communal Penance service at the U of Arizona. From Luceat, the blog of FOCUS, a post about the group’s presence at the recent University of Illinois Sexual Health Fair. In nearly two years as a…

In Russia: As Pope John Paul II requested, a Russian version of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church has been published and will be presented on Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow. For Mgr Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, archbishop of the Diocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, the…

There will be many public devotions and prayers on Good Friday – although I don’t know what will happen to my plans to attend the outdoor Stations/Procession celebrated by the Hispanic parish down the road, since they’re calling for snow, here… But, taking a quick look…Communion and Liberation, for one, will be leading the Way…
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