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A video interview with Sister Judith Zoebelein, who is the director of the Vatican website (the interview is about 25 minutes long) Monks returning to Tibhirine? Tibhirine, Algeria: Monks may return to Algeria for the first time in a decade to reopen a monastery closed after the 1996 murder of seven Trappists at the height…

The Pope, today in the Angelus message: The lance that pierced Christ’s ribs is witnessed in the Gospel of John. “That act carried out by an unknown Roman soldier,” Benedict XVI explained, “bound to be forgotten, was engraved in the eyes and heart of the Apostle who mentioned it in the Gospel. How many conversions…

John Thavis on this year’s papal retreat: Cardinal Biffi, who is 78, will preach on the theme, "The Things Above," which refers to St. Paul’s letter advising early Christians to "think of what is above, not of what is on earth." If the cardinal wants some guidance, he could look back to Pope Benedict’s own…

John Allen lets loose on the British press and reporting on religion – particularly Catholicism. Over the years, I’ve found that the British press is the most likely to publish virtually any rumor about the Vatican floated in the Italian papers. Back in 2003, for example, when Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos celebrated Mass according to…

Still busy. But here’s some stuff: Charlotte Allen says that the new film Amazing Grace plays down Wilberforce’s faith: In fact, William Wilberforce was driven by a version of Christianity that today would be derided as "fundamentalist." One of his sons, sharing his father’s outlook, was the Anglican bishop Samuel Wilberforce, who wrote a passionate…

Also from the meeting with Roman Clergy, today (scroll down) Responding to a question about the presence of ecclesiastical movements in the diocese, the Pope referred to his current series of meetings with italian bishops coming for their ad limina visits to Rome. "This way I am learning better the geography of the faith in…

…this is the first day in about 10 days that I’ve been alone in this house and able to work, what with snow days, fog days and sick days (and judging from Joseph’s demeanor when I left him off at school this morning, today might turn into an another sick day after all..he was viewing…

Today is Wednesday, of course, so there was a General Audience, and later this afternon, evening, the Pope, as is traditional, will celebrate Mass at the Dominican church of St. Sabina on the Aventine. Here is the Vatican’s page on Lent 2007, that contains a schedule of celebrations, texts of the Holy Father’s homilies during…

There are many resources in print and on the web. We have our favorite readings and meditations. We’ve got the Pope’s Lenten message to guide us: They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.” Let us look with trust at the pierced side of Jesus from which flow “blood and water” (Jn 19:34)! The…

Just a bit of stuff from the emailbox and blogging about… Two interesting posts from Mike Aquilina: Baby Names of the Early Christians , inspired by a read-through of this book: The Christian Catacombs of Rome: History, Decoration, Inscriptions, which sounds wonderful and..a wrap-up of recent books:   I used to complain that Christian scholars…
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