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…of all kinds: AsiaNews reports on a Vatican delegation heading to Vietnam: Now the Vatican delegation headed for Hanoi aims for the concrete launch of a process towards diplomatic ties, even if not their immediate realization, and also for the appointment of bishops. The delegation will visit some local Catholic projects. The normalization of diplomatic…

Bishop Vasa is making news today because of his not-so-veiled references to a Certain Prominent Catholic Politician in a recent column. I’ll get to the veiled reference in a moment, but I think it’s good to note the context: a column about the catechumenate process, noting what happens in the Rite of Election and beyond.…

BIshop Jenky of Peoria – his homilies and (the page indicates) other messages will be available. Via Whapping, which has hosted some other very good discussions of late, which I’m going to talk about when I do the next post on Habits of Devotion, which I do hope will be today.

John Allen provides some context in understanding the growing number of stories related to clerical collaboration with Communist regimes: As with the sexual abuse crisis in the United States, once the dam breaks, documents and accusations surface so rapidly that the media barely has time to record them, let alone sort through them carefully. In…

From Zenit: Archbishop Chaput: The U.S. immigration problem is systemic. Attacking the symptoms — in this case, undocumented workers in a meatpacking plant — does nothing to address the root cause, which is economic. Some 40 million abortions and billions of contraceptives later, Americans have a work-force shortfall. Why is anyone surprised? Now that he’s…

If you’re headed to the Cincinnati Men’s Fellowship conference on Saturday, look for Michael. He’ll be manning an OSV booth, and will sign any books that you bring him. That he wrote. He won’t be selling the books (he’ll be giving out various OSV materials at the booth), but there will be three bookstores selling,…

From a Franciscan in Rome: In my free time, I lend a hand doing translation work for "Totus Tuus," the monthly magazine publish by the Office of the Postulation of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God John Paul II, which looks to follow John Paul II’s cause by interviewing…

…for San Diego: Following a failed final attempt at settling clergy-abuse claims, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for Chapter 11 protection just before midnight last night, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.  The filing makes San Diego the largest of five U.S. dioceses to declare bankruptcy. The diocese’s action halts the…

Dave Hartline of the Catholic Report just got back from some speaking and meeting in California, has a report and some photos. Among others, Dave met with Eduardo Verastegui, Lead Actor & Producer of the film many are so excited about, Bella. Unrelated, but perhaps this will turn into a catch-all post: at Ignatius Insight,…

Mike Aquilina has written a book – not about patristics (although we can trust the Fathers figure in their somehow) – but on family life. Sounds lovely! The other Michael is on another tear through another Russian – this time it’s Vladimir Soloviev, a thinker spoken highlyof by man, including von Balthasar and Cardinal Biffi,…
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