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As USCCB/Liturgy followers know, the tenure of Bishop Trautman of Erie as chair of the Bishops’ Committee on Liturgy (BCL) came to an end with the last USCCB meeting, and Bishop Serratelli of Paterson took his place. The committee has been renamed – it’s now the Committee on Divine Worship, and the new members of…

On Sunday in Southern California, thousands of Catholics of Vietnamese orgin gathered to remember martyrs of the faith. Two stories –   The LATimes The OC Register: Julia Pham leans against a hallway wall behind rows packed with thousands of people in UCI’s Bren Events Center, covers her face with her hands and quietly sobs. In…

This will be worth reading all week, from First Things: The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year—following its initial statement, “The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium,” with much-discussed statements on salvation, Scripture, and the Communion of Saints. The group is currently engaged in studying what can be…

Lots of reporting on this morning’s ceremony, but a few highlights: First…Zadok was there! Many interesting detailed and a balanced look at the liturgy: Needless to say, it was a wonderful event and much of the ‘blog commentary is focusing on the Holy Father’s vesture and the wonderful Papal throne which was dusted off for…

We’ve not done varia around here in a while, but since I’m procrastinating, let’s go for it. Matthew Lickona attended a session on “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” at the ETS last week, and reports in the San Diego Reader. At Hermeneutic of Continuity, Fr. Finigan reports on the news that one of the leaders of…

I think this is a fairly big deal. Dale Fushek, formerly Monsignor, was the founder of LifeTeen, and a very popular priest of the Diocese of Phoenix, serving as Vicar General. The  outline of his troubles with the law can be found at his Wikipedia entry, but the basics include a settlement of a sexual harrasment…

Notes from today: Allen reports on the opening meeting this morning: The business meeting is a closed-door affair, although a handful of members of the press were allowed in at the beginning to observe the opening prayer. Outside the Synod Hall, reporters watched the various cardinals and cardinals-to-be arrive. When Archbishop John Foley arrived, the…

Today’s Bolletino confirms that 11/30 is the date. AVVISO DI CONFERENZA STAMPA Si informano i giornalisti accreditati che venerdì 30 novembre 2007, alle ore 11.30, nell’Aula Giovanni Paolo II della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, avrà luogo la Conferenza Stampa di presentazione dell’Enciclica del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI dal titolo: “Spe salvi“. Interverranno:  Em.mo Card.…

Adam Minter has an interesting post on current and future bishops: Earlier this week the South China Morning Post reported that Fr. Joseph Gan Junqiu received government approval to be ordained as bishop of Guangzhou on December 3 (Papal approval was granted earlier this year). According to a very reliable UCAN report, no date has…

From Michelle Bearden at the Tampa Tribune: Lipscomb, who retired as bishop on Sept. 15, and his wife, Marcie, will be received into the Catholic Church in mid-December. They will be members of the Church of the Nativity in Brandon, where they’ve been attending for several months. Bishop Robert Lynch of the Catholic Diocese of…
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