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So a reader asks: Last night on Coast to Coast with George Noory, who, incidentally, calls himself a Catholic whenever it suits his purpose, but the rest of the time espouses ideas like reincarnation, the guest was Father Andrew C. Wingate. He claims to be a part of the Old Roman Catholic Church or some…

..when you’re in compliance. Isn’t it? Lexington Diocese reinstates priest Roman Catholic priest who was twice charged with sex-related offenses at Jacobson Park has been reinstated by the Lexington diocese, despite a recent allegation that he sexually abused a boy in Eastern Kentucky in the early 1970s. A diocesan committee in Lexington that reviews allegations…

George Neumayr puzzles over this, using this week’s “People” interview as his text, , and, incidentally, I’d like to extend kudos to the People reporter for actually pressing Dean on this point. Here the hypocricy – or something – of the abortion supporter is revealed. If abortion is fine, if abortion is acceptable, why would…

From the Tablet, a look at the English translations of the liturgical texts The first draft translation of ICEL’s new Missal is being sent out to bishops’ conferences this month. From a copy obtained by The Tablet , it is clear that the change in approach is startling. The Confiteor , for example, begins: “I…

A review of a new book, he Catholic Revival in English Literature 1845-1961, in the UK Tablet In 1859 John Henry Newman predicted that there would be no more “Classics” in English literature, and concluded that the literature of the nation would remain essentially Protestant. Ian Ker, by examining Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene and Waugh,…

From the WSJ: When Christian stores open on Sunday, as the Family Christian Store chain decided to do last fall Perhaps feeling a bit defensive, Mr. Browne overplayed his hand last fall when, referring to Chik-Fil-A, he told the Dallas Morning News: “No one is going to hell if they don’t eat a chicken sandwich…

Michelle Cottle at TNR on the Bush plan to spend 1.5 billion to encourage marriage. Perhaps more important, as the Times (among others) noted, Bush is desperately hoping his efforts to play couples-counselor-in-chief will distract social conservatives fuming over recent assaults on the institution of marriage–such as the Massachusetts court ruling allowing gay marriage and…

I’m so spoiled/corrupted by working with computers that when I open a book with lots of text, and there’s one fact I have to pull from that text, I find myself mentally looking for the “Find” command, and extremely irritated when it’s not there.

Read this one. A suburban Catholic priest says donations are down and he wants parishioners to kick in more money. That very church, however, is where the assistant pastor has been charged with sexually assaulting two teenage girls. NBC5’s Mary Ann Ahern reported that when a frustrated parishioner voiced his concerns about the way the…

on Fr. Groeschel found here. I like the last sentence, which could apply to just about anything in life: But now, let’s stop wringing our hands and hold them out – in prayer, in reconciliation, in service – our friend is painfully yet patiently waiting.
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