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Bill Cork went, has an interesting account and photos

As you might or might know, there was an large protest against gay marriage in Madrid yestserday. Backstory here: The same-sex marriage legislation still must be passed by the Senate, after being approved earlier this spring by parliament in a 183-136 vote, with six abstentions. The Senate vote is scheduled for June 22, and had…

A DMN piece looks at a Latin Mass community, Opus Dei and the Neo-Catechumenal Way in the Dallas area. I think I was most surprised by the strength of the last group. Nuestra Señora Del Pilar started as a parish three years ago with 150 families. Nearly 1,300 Catholics now come to weekend Masses, and…

That’s where John Allen is reporting from, and he has some fascinating stuff, including skullduggery swirling around Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani of Lima and explanations for the growth in evangelical Protestantism in the country Peruvian journalist Federico Prieto Celi gave me another reading July 12. He theorized that the growth is in part linked to…

Today is The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Talk about your favorite Carmelites here, if you like, and what Carmel is all about.

Here in The Fort on Sunday, and perhaps, on a slightly different note, a quick trip to NYC next week. I’ve got a phone agreement, but I won’t believe anything until they tell me my flight number. So stay tuned…

A Washington Post article on Kerry and religion John F. Kerry, a lifelong Roman Catholic, carries in his briefcase an unmarked manila folder stuffed full of religion articles, scriptures, personal reflections — and a sermon the Democrat has been fine-tuning since the early 1980s. In the latest iteration Kerry borrows the words of James, reputed…

Priest removed Father Jean-Michael Lastiri, or Father Mike as he is known, has been removed indefinitely from the Merced parish he worked so hard to build — leaving parishioners there hurt and upset that their spiritual leader and friend is being disciplined by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno. St. Patrick’s parishioner Tony Lua says…

The British view Even if nothing so apocalyptic comes about, Portland archdiocese is going to have to get used to operating with non-Catholic supervision. That has been, in fact, one of the recurrent themes of the American Church’s crisis. Bishops have been forced to relinquish their authority and autonomy bit by bit – first to…

Mark Shea on what to watch out for (scroll down a bit) There are two sides to every great sin. There is the sin itself and also the effect the sin has on us. As a layman, there’s precious little I can do about the sins of bishops like Krenn. However, there is something I…
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