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In which Dad and Hilary stumble upon a bishop… Our plan had been to go to St. Peter’s for an 11 o’clock mass, but we were late in getting ready to go and did not leave ourselves time enough, given the vagaries of bus service on Sunday. So we decided to go on across the…

In NCR, Joe Feuerherd discusses the bishops’ meeting, starting with the "Christ Has Died" question The normally taciturn archbishop of New York, Cardinal Edward Egan, was positively animated. “I really believe the pastoral consideration has to prevail here,” implored the 73-year-old Egan. “We have to stop this… [and] not give the impression that everything is…

Grand Jury in Dallas delivers its findings Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill announced Monday that he will not bring charges against local Catholic leaders over their handling of sexual misconduct allegations. A special grand jury impaneled in February "has found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of the diocese or its officials,"…

Big day in Rome, of course. Here are some links, with more coming: During the Mass at St. Peter’s , Pope Benedict bestowed the pallium on 32 Archbishops, including Fiorenza from Houston Though it may be a long way to come to see a band of white wool be placed around a clerical neck, the…

How long could Jim Manney run a blog without mentioning baseball? Not long!

As predicted in this space many times, the attempt to "reframe" the abortion issue in a way that supposedly appeals to those uncomfortable with abortion by acknowledging its morally problematic nature, is not universally welcomed by abortion rights activists. Katha Pollit in The Nation There’s a word that doesn’t show up much in the new…

Had some computer problems this morning, but they seemed to be fixed. Will blog as fast as I can before other duties call…

2 Catholic women from opposites side of the globe are responsible for codifying the law of Uganda Ann Bateson of Minnesota and Vastina Rukimirana Nsanze of Uganda have a lot in common besides the faith that sustains them. They are both attorneys in their late 50s who were brought together by an unusual goal: refining…

Bishop jointly appointed by Vatican and Chinese government Mgr Giuseppe Xing Wenzhi, 42 years, was today ordained auxiliary bishop of Shanghai. The prelate said publicly that he received the nomination of the Holy See. In future, he will able to take the place of Mgr Aloysius Jin Luxian, who is now nearly 90 and very…

From May 16: The bus took us to Termini, the main railroad station. From there we walked down to Santa Maria Maggori on Esquiline Hill which dates from the fourth century. Magnificent art and architecture. Another overwhelming experience. Leaving the church, we picked up a few souvenir items in a little shop located in its…
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