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So says Tim Rutten of the LA Times One of the most important things missing from the coverage of this situation is context. The church’s American hierarchy did not initiate a confrontation over this matter. Rather, a handful of relatively obscure and reckless prelates — just four out of the nation’s 300 Catholic bishops —…

Denver Methodist church runs an ad The largest Methodist church in metro Denver is spending thousands of dollars on newspaper ads this week to counter Colorado Springs Roman Catholic Bishop Michael Sheridan’s stance connecting voting to Communion worthiness. The copy shouts, “All Are Welcome at Christ’s Table!” and is signed by three clergy and a…

Spanish-language parishioners say the pastor has demeaned their community and insulted their community’s priest, a Rev. Martin. The parishioners claim Kaywell, who started at the parish on Jan. 30, has made numerous derogatory remarks about Martin in front of the parishioners. This includes, but was not limited to, interfering with his activities as a priest,…

I’ll give you a brief book report on my recent reads. I’d read Foolscap by Michael Malone years ago, and, as I was recently trying to get myself out of research mode, I decided to pick it up to ease the transition. I think Malone’s Handling Sin is one of the really fantastic novels of…

We’re visible in various spots of late. That DMN piece Interviewed in this Atlanta JC piece Mentioned in this Boston Globe editorial Included in this anti-DVC Roundtable, which I understand has also been excerpted/published on AOL, and which Mark has so wittily highlighted. Tomorrow at 7 Eastern time, I’ll be in the OSV chat room…

Barbara Nicolosi wonders where the great contemporary Catholic writers are Well, anyway, I was chatting with a friend writer recently about getting together a Catholic writers conference next year, but then we hit on a problem. Who would be the star writers whom we could invite, who would attract legions of Catholic writers out of…

Court rules it must open files The court said the church must follow the same rules as secular organizations and hand over personnel files, transfer records for church assignments and the results of internal church investigations to a trial judge to decide whether any of the information falls under legal privilege and can be kept…

From the Globe, beginning with this article on the socio-economic distribution of the closed parishes The rate of closings is higher in nonwhite neighborhoods. The typical parish being closed or merged is in a neighborhood that is 16 percent nonwhite, while the typical parish being spared is 9 percent nonwhite. And parishes with a non-English…

In the NCR(eporter), Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life responds to the paper’s editorial on politicians, life issues and the dreaded “narrow litmus test.” Great stuff. Any vision of this country worth struggling for includes a wide range of values — life itself, provision for its needs, education, employment, health care, peace, justice, and…

Indy priest might be assigned to parishes A Catholic priest arrested a year ago on a charge of public indecency is in line to lead three rural churches, a proposal the archbishop of Indianapolis says is about forgiveness but which some criticize as reckless and insensitive. In a letter to members of the three parishes,…
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