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From the NYTimes op-ed page To be bishop of Rome — that is, of the world — is not like being bishop of Krakow. We Italians are an ancient and tested bridge between past and future, and supported by 2,000 years of consummate political tradition. The popes knew how to bring into the melting pot…

Not my headline. The Washington Times reports on a new church in DC The concept originiated with the Rev. Tim Keller, a Presbyterian minister who in 1989 founded Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan. It is now at 3,000 members, 80 percent of whom are single, meeting at Hunter College on the Upper West Side. Evangelical Christians,…

When it comes to abortion… Notice anything here? In each of these cases the pro-life side submitted itself to the arduous process of introducing bills and persuading majorities of state and federal legislators to pass them. And in each of these cases the pro-choice side responds by finding a sympathetic judge or court to chuck…

Watched Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast with Katie this evening. She enjoyed it, as did I, but on a completely different level than I did when I first saw it – what – oh, it’s too painful to think about. Maybe 25 years ago. The gorgeous imagery, startling sometimes, worked to bring out undercurrents that…

The Pope won’t be traveling for Ash Wednesday For decades, John Paul would open the Catholic church’s solemn Lenten period with a ceremony in St. Sabina’s Basilica, a 5th-century church on Rome’s Aventine Hill. During the service, the pontiff would smudge ashes, a sign of penitence, on the foreheads of clergy and lay people. But…

Diocese won’t participate in survey designed to tally abuse cases since 1950. It’s the only one. Lincoln Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, who has held the post since 1992, said in a statement Friday that the study seemed to exist more to “satisfy curiosity” than to help victims, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Bruskewitz also said the…

What did the Pope really say about “The Passion of the Christ?” John Allen breaks it down In the absence of such a statement, those who don’t want to believe the pope said “It is as it was” are free to deny it, while those eager for a papal seal of approval can continue to…

An article on what’s going in Biblical archaeology these days.

I’m going to challenge Domenico Bettinelli to a duel (…er…maybe not, given the content of this post) over a totally mindless subject. The greatness of the Indiana Jones films! Here’s my gripe. I really think that Raiders of the Lost Ark was a benchmark in American pop culture, and not a good one. I was…

…wandering around the internet, I read this piece at the Seattle Catholic, definitely not everyone’s favorite website, but whatever, about the canonical standing of parish liturgy committees. In the answer provided by EWTN expert Colin Donovan, he cites the canonical provision for a parish pastoral council and emphasizes its optional nature: You’ve described the canonical…
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