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In Canada’s National Post, Fr. Raymond de Souza compares them Earlier this week Pope John Paul II passed Pope Leo XIII on the papal longevity list, vaulting into third place in history, behind St. Peter himself and Blessed Pius IX (1846-1878). Leo served 25 years and 5 months, exactly one hundred years before John Paul…

Perhaps this has entered your radar before this moment, but I present it here in case it hasn’t. The chain Urban Outfitters is selling a refrigerator magnet that is a the figure of a crucified Jesus, complete with different outfits you can affix. Like a Cat-in-the-Hat hat and a devil suit. Edgy! Will Bob Smith…

Tells Peggy Noonan what happened “I walked in and he just waved to me. It was in the Vatican, in a big room; I think it was the library. There were a lot of chambers that went in different places–a room off a room off a room, you know. “He smiled and waved. There were…

In the NYObserver, Terry Golway looks at his child’s history textbook Imagine, for example, explaining the Berlin Wall to a bunch of 10-year-olds without mentioning the Soviet Union, the United States or the word “oppression.” Well, the non-judgmental authors of Exploring Our Land have managed that trick. They write that in 1945, “a group of…

At HMS Blog(in several posts), disturbing notes on “selective reduction” in Catholic hospitals, expanding on a piece that appeared originally in OSV. Isada also co-authored a paper on selective abortions in multiple pregnancies. Additionally, he was party to a lawsuit with Planned Parenthood of Alaska in 1997 against the state of Alaska when a partial…

I’d read an article about this before, but here’s a new one, especially for those under the impression that the Amish don’t travel unless by horse and buggy: (It’s a really nice article – well worth your time) A Piece of Paradise: Friends and relatives greet the new arrivals with hugs and shrieks of delight.…

An editorial from the LATimes, which has not distinguished itself by aggresive reporting in this area When it comes to investigating priests accused of molesting children, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony is more aggressive than any other bishop in the country. At shielding priests, that is, not at safeguarding children from sexual abuse. For…

An excerpt from my forthcoming book, The Words We Pray: Discovering the Richness of Traditional Catholic Prayers (Fall 2004 from Loyola Press) (Excerpt from manuscript submitted to publisher, which is currently being eviscerated and probably vastly improved by editors. I get that back in a week or so. Joy.) Now we don’t know if St.…

Basic information and links about St. Patrick here. Here’s a link to the Confession of St. Patrick And here’s a link to a version of St. Patrick’s Breastplate, or the Lorica I bind myself to-day The strong Name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three. I…

First I’ll get my negativity out of the way. Then I’ll sing the praises of St. Patrick himself. My negativity is rooted in my adolescence, a time during which I was (surprise) particularly full of myself and determined to be superior to the masses. I attended a Catholic high school whose mascot or totem or…
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