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Tomorrow, the Pope meets with members of Communion and Liberation: At least 70 to 80 thousand people of the Communion and Liberation Movement will be in Saint Peter’s Square on the 24th of March for an encounter with Benedict XVI. The pontefice granted an audience to the ecclesiastical group in occassion of the 25th anniversary…

Fr. Z reports on Cardinal Zen’s report on the contents of Benedict’s forthcoming letter to Chinese Catholics: Pope Benedict’s forthcoming letter to Chinese Catholics will clear up pastoral issues troubling the mainland church while spelling out the Vatican’s bottom line on diplomatic negotiations, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun said. But although conciliatory wording would be used…

…of Motu Proprio rumors. Various reports from the Italian Press have hinted that the rumored MP is coming between Sunday (the Feast of the Annunciation) and Easter. I’ve no idea on how reliable those rumors are, but I will note that yesterday evening, the Pope received in audience: Em.mo Card. Francis Arinze, Prefetto della Congregazione…

Don’t have any confirmation, but, for what it’s worth, from the Fessio Post down below: The latest word from AMU is that Fr. Fessio and the administration have come to an agreement and that he will remain at AMU in a new capacity. Deo gratias! From the comments on this thread: ——————————————————————————–From: Nick HealySent: Thu…

Mike Aquilina has some things to say about Smithsonian Magazine’s cover piece on ancient Alexandria: I was thrilled to see the cover story in April’s Smithsonian. “Wonders of Alexandria: Rediscovering the Fabled City of Cleopatra,” reads the headline below a beautiful undersea shot of a statue standing amid fallen columns. My heart sank, though, as…

What a sad turn – Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer has re-appaeared  – in her bones. This is serious, but not an immediate, short term death sentence. One of my closest friends in Florida has spent the past 10+ years battling various forms of cancer, all of which began with a small lump in her breast (she…

Clean out time. Perhaps one or more of these links will interest you folks: At Rome of the West – a great blog dedicated to documenting the historcial life of the Roman Catholic Church in St. Louis – a post on a gorgeous renovation of a church near downtown. I love the color tones and…

In case you didn’t know it, the House of Bishops for the Episcopal Church met in Texas over the past week, and decided that the recent communique from Dar es Salaam wasn’t their cup of tea. From the official statement: We had an extended and thoughtful discussion of the Communiqué from the Primates Meeting in…

….in Sao Paulo: Pope Benedict XVI named a new archbishop for the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest see. The Vatican announced the appointment of Auxiliary Bishop Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo in a March 21 statement. The 57-year-old archbishop fills the see left vacant since October 2006 when Pope Benedict appointed the city’s…

There are folks out there who are huge fans of Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. You might be interested to know that Amazon’s Penguin Classics Reading Group has been discussing the work this month. (I read the first, never got to the rest, unfortunately. During my stint at Loyola Classics, I did read another one…
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