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Mary and the Christian Life is out – I held a copy in my hand for the first time yesterday in Nashville (and yes, I’m back. More on the trip later). I’m not sure when it will be actually in your local bookstore or available online. Close to the end of the month, I’d say.…

Up in Rosemont, Illinois – (is there really a Rosemont? Or is it “Rosemont, Suburb of Chicago, Illinois?) – anyway up in Rosemont, next to what used to be the Rosemont Arena or something but is now, of course, named after a corporation (Allstate), there’s a Target. I’m familiar with this Target, because it seems…

We’re about six weeks out from the Pope’s visit to the US and here and there, columns, essays and even contests of a sort are popping up with the general idea being, What should Benedict say? Or What would the ideal B16 visit look like? My idea: Why don’t we just listen to the man?

Today (Friday) will be an interesting day around here. Everyone over the age of 6 is either coming or going, and also coming is, rumor has it, yet one more blast of snow. I really hope it stays south of here. Good weather in Chicago is essential to the machinery running smoothly. Michael’s been in…

In case you forgot, here it is: If the news story is from the British press and involves the Pope…. DON’T BELIEVE IT. (And to refresh your memory, here is John Allen’s column from last year highlighting the constant problems with British reporting on Catholic Church matters, especially those involving the Vatican.) With that in…

Or don’t. We’re happy. A few years ago – well, probably around ten years ago, now that I think about it – one of my older sons asked me what my favorite day of the week was. “Monday morning,” I said, “When everyone goes away.” This was, of course, after I’d left teaching and was…

To Melanie and Dom Bettinelli on the birth of Sophia Therese, who joins Isabella. And yes, she blogged during labor. You thought I was bad. (Melanie, I mean…not Sophia!)

March 5. Snow Day. March 5,  I said. ¡Ya basta! From this morning. I call it: Boy, Beach Ball, Butterfly Net and Slide in the Snow. In MARCH.” I also call it, Please Get Tired and Take a Good Nap This Afternoon So I Can Finish Writing My Talk For Saturday. I also call it,…

…since he wrapped up Augustine last week? Nope! Today…Leo I (the Great) The Roman primacy in the Church is “necessary”, today as in the past it is “at the service of truth and charity” and “serves communion” in the one Church of Christ.  Benedict XVI made the remarks during the illustration of the figure of…

Today from the Vatican: In the light of the Open Letter “A Common Word” signed by 138 Muslim scholars, and the response of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, through the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a Delegation of the Signatories of the Open Letter met with a Delegation representing the Pontifical Council for Interreligious…
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