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The Romanian convent where the nun was killed has been closed – this account at Orthodixie (is there a better blog title? I think not) makes clear it was really a place in the shadows from the word go.

Look, when I first read that story, blogged last week, about the Diocese of Brooklyn’s reluctance to get officially involved in the Graham Crusade, my first reaction, was "Losers!" and echoed many of your comments along that line. I thought about it for a few minutes, however, and tried, as I usually do, to work…

Michael’s got a post up about the current top-10 Catholic bestsellers at Amazon, and what it reveals about what reading Catholics seem to be interested in.

WaPo article on the growth of the Catholic Church in NoVa

But is that enough? A blogger gives an account of a recent interview that Arcbishop Ncube gave, calling for the arrest of Mugabe by international bodies (Via Christopher Johnson) What churches are doing in Zimbabwe in response to Mugabe’s actions Zimbabwe Pundit

Caught this short note in the Chicago Tribune McHenry County Board members have approved a religious order’s plans to build a retreat along Harmony Hill Road southeast of Marengo. Members of Fraternite Notre Dame are expected to close on the property next month, said Joe Gottemoller, an attorney representing the order. The County Board voted…

An LATimes piece on the changing Vatican-China relations Twice a year, in May and September, the worlds of the patriotic and underground Catholic churches converge at Cross Mountain in Shaanxi province as thousands of faithful climb the mountain, carrying crucifixes and kneeling in prayer on the way up. At the top, priests hear confessions in…

My husband handed me this book by then-Cardinal Ratzinger today. He had a chapter marked for me to read – on the problems in catechesis. I’d be interested in it, he said. So I took it with me up to the local college where Katie now has her piano lessons, and I sat on the…

Well, the article about which Barbara Nicolosi has been blogging in such a highly entertaining fashion is finally out in the NYTimes Though heavier than most on messianic zeal, Mr. Bannon – Roman Catholic filmmaker, conservative-film financier, Washington networker and Hollywood deal-chaser – is emblematic of a new wave in Hollywood, a group that intends…

I am writing in the hopes that you may know of eitherweb-sites or perhaps books on Proper ecclesial Latin? It seems to be hidden well in the vaults, so to speak. I would truly appreciate any help you may give. Well?
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