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….to the Hannity/Euteneuer dustup…FoxNews commentator, Fr. Jonathon Morris, LC: As I watched a fellow Catholic priest spar with you on the March 9 edition of Hannity and Colmes, I hung my head in shame and sadness. My colleague in religion (whom I’ve never met) used the public airways and Internet to call you a heretic…

On Saturday, Pope Benedict gathered with European and Asian university students, both in reality and virtually, to pray the rosary. This event was held to mark the fifth European Day for Universities. A CNA story: On Saturday the Holy Father gathered by way of satellite link with thousands of university students from around Europe and…

Painting Cardinals: When New York artist Alex Melamid watched the funeral of Pope John Paul II on TV in 2005, he was struck by the way the cardinals all looked the same — as iconic dignitaries in red vestments. This year, Melamid has set up his easel in Rome. He is hoping to get below…

Sandro Magister on a new edition of the Compendium: (You won’t be buying this one in bulk for your students, I don’t think. Too bad.) The image above is the “Salvator Mundi” by Antonello da Messina, painted in 1475 and kept at the National Gallery in London. It is the first of forty-nine images that…

I have really been trying to stay out of the ’08 presidential discussions, since it’s, you know, ’07, but the Giluliani questions has really been heating up over the past week, so here we are. The American Spectator rounds up some opinion: Are pro-lifers ready to bargain with pro-choice Republican frontrunner Rudolph Giuliani? Noemie Emery…

Back in October, I linked to, and you folks discussed a radio debate between one David Quinn and Richard Dawkins. Quinn has gone on to begin the "Iona Institute" in Ireland – a ZENIT interview with him about the Institute is here: A new think tank in Ireland is making the case that marriage and…

CNN Headline News anchor Thomas Roberts writes of his abuse at the hands of Catholic priest  Jeff Toohey, the chaplain of his all-boys’ school in Baltimore. He will discuss it this evening, on Anderson Cooper’s show, as well. An article from last year on the priest’s trial and sentencing:

At AsiaNews, Jesuit Samir Khalil Samir looks at the issues: The ideology of multiculturalism, i.e. blind tolerance toward any culture and tradition, is destroying European identity and is above all doing away with human rights and, more specifically, women’s rights.  A prime example is the increasing tolerance in European countries toward polygamy.

The preacher of the Papal Household, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preached the first Lenten homily last Friday. Text at Zenit: His text is Mt. 5:8, of course. In the first part of the homily, he sets Jesus’ words in opposition to mere external observance and hypocrisy, then delineates three interpretive themes for "pure in heart"…

The Pope today, in his Angelus talk: Christ’s invitation to conversion, “to repent…is not just a simple moral dictate, but the most effective way to change oneself and society for the better”: Benedict XVI today placed at the basis of social renewal the most intimate element of Lenten preaching.  Conversion is the only realistic attitude,…
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