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I was startled to see this morning that The Apostles by Pope Benedict, published by OSV, has risen to around 1200 or so on Amazon. Michael says it’s because the Pope is in the news pretty constantly these days. Maybe! The book should be in the warehouse this week. I have just gone over the…

300 Burmese immigrants headed for Fort Wayne over the next couple of months… …joining the 3,000 already here, the largest concentration of Burmese refugees in the US. This resettlement is being coordinated by Catholic Charities: The Fort Wayne Catholic Charities office usually closes at noon Friday. For Nyein Chan and his resettlement staff, the day…

…two reactions. The reality: As we drive through The Fort, it becomes quite clear that there’s been precious little rain over the past two weeks. The reactions, as we pull in to our driveway: Michael: Excellent! (translation: "I don’t have to mow the grass the minute I get home" Because, you know..it didn’t grow.) Me:…

Dr. Albert Mohler, a Southern Baptist, has a clear and reasoned – and most of all, knowledgeable (even though he gets a few things wrong, and emphasizes submission to the papacy without mentioning apostolic succession) – response to the CDF’s statement of earlier this week. No, I’m Not Offended… There have been changes for sure.  Benedict…

What blogs are good for – a simply marvelous, funny and ultimately moving and so true post from the Creative Minority Report. But here’s the thing. I’m not as impressed with myself as I used to be. I know all my stories. I’m not as brilliant as I once thought I was. I’m fond of…

Dr. Alcuin Reid on the MP, SP: Well, he has done it. After much speculation, and in spite of intense and orchestrated lobbying from some bishops (as well as the all-too-frequently published opprobrium of ageing priests and liturgists), by means of his motu proprio letter Summorun Pontificum the Pope has either – depending upon your…

John Thavis at CNS looks at the question of the Vatican’s release of various important documents right before the Pope’s vacation: Before Pope Benedict XVI took off for his summer vacation in the Italian Alps, he engaged in a time-honored Vatican tradition: clearing his desk. That resulted in a flurry of decisions and documents, some…

Now, this looks interesting – Fr. Rob reports: Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), home to Televangelists Benny Hinn and Joyce Meyer, will be broadcasting a 90 minute "dialogue" between Fr. John Riccardo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Pastor Steve Andrews of Kensington Community Church, a suburban Detroit "MegaChurch". The show will air tomorrow,…

Now I’ll clean out my inbox and the fruit of some of my blog wanderings: The Pope is on vacation – check the Papa Ratzinger Forum for updates on that. Our evangelical seeker exploring Orthodoxy and Catholicism has shifted his blog here. Very excellent discussions continue! At the top of the page now – what…

…with some final CBA (or whatever) images: Nehemiah, the Praying Mantis: Yes, it is lipstick, gloss and such: Michael with a, er, football team promoting one of Karen Kingsbury’s several books. This one, Between Sundays. They were giving away tissues. Why tissues? As it says on the pack: "Life-Changing Fiction: Tissues Required) And finally this…
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