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I pitched all the other reading on the sidebar for Austerity Britain , a history of England after World War II. I had been interested in the book since hearing the author David Kynaston on BBC4’s Start the Week some months back. What stuck with me was his remark that every survey done of English…

Well, if you’re not Italian and you’re  going to Google him, to see who the Pope was talking about this morning – try replacing a vowel – Columbanus From the AsiaNews report: “One of the fathers of Europe”, who shows us where the continent’s roots are “from which it can be reborn”, and at the…

Ann Ball, popular Catholic author, passed away Sunday night. Ann Ball, a prolific author who wrote lives of the saints alongside Catholic cookbooks, died of a heart attack shortly before midnight on Sunday, her family announced in an email. Though a schoolteacher for many years, she later took over the operation of a security company. Following a regular…

Rules of blogging: There are certain subjects which attract massive numbers of comments. Liturgy. Immigration Policy. Catholics and political life. The Legionaries of Christ. Last week, the Archbishop of Baltimore sent a letter to the Superior General of the LC regarding his expectations of the Legion in the Archdiocese. The text of the letter is…

I never thought that this two-week leave would turn into anything permanent. Father Pfleger back at St. Sabina’s next week: At a three-hour Sunday mass filled with songs and dancing, pastoral associate Kimberly Lymore read a letter from Pfleger in which the priest wrote, “This has been a very painful time for me personally and…

I’m doing most of my quick-link blogging over at the de.lici.ous feed (always over there on the right, at the bottom – I’ve tried 3 times to do the automatic daily blog posting, but it won’t happen. If anyone has any hints, let me know – as far as I can tell I’ve entered all…

Several of you have remarked that the First Things website seems to be down. Here’s a note from Joseph Bottum: Over the weekend, the First Things website was hijacked–and because our email address were collected through the website, all email sent since Friday will have been  lost. We hope to have the website, together with…

Many thanks to the reader who posted this in the comments section of an older post. It is something that I had not seen before: The text of Paul VI’s General Audience talk right before the new rite of the Mass was introduced on the First Sunday of Advent, 1969: Our Dear Sons and Daughters:…

John Allen has been reporting from the Catholic Theological Association’s annual meeting in Miami. I found today’s report very interesting: Generations” is the Catholic Theological Society of America’s theme for its annual convention this year, motivated by a hunch that today’s younger generation of theologians brings a different sensibility to the guild. Here’s one possible…

The other night, I read Richard Bausch’s new novel, Peace. (Don’t be impressed. It’s a short novel, and difficult to put down once you begin.) It is intense and brutal. Set in the winter of 1944, some American soldiers in Italy have been sent on a reconaissance mission. The men are led by an elderly…
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