Douthat, JPII and B-16 -UPDATED
Over the past week, in correspondences with friends, I’ve wondered how Pope John Paul II -whom I revere for a holy man- was such a poor judge of character? He named so many weak bishops, and seemed to...
View ArticleThe Celibacy Lecture
My husband was working with the Scouts this weekend and the church scandals came up. One woman said, “if the Catholics did not insist on a celibate priesthood…” My husband, a quiet sort, answered as he...
View ArticleDefending Benedict Against Theatricals
There is a plot afoot to arrest the Pope when he goes to England in September. As it seems Her Majesty, the Queen had apparently expressed an interest in putting Benedict up at Buckingham Palace, I am...
View ArticleJohn Allen; definitive on Benedict, Scandals
The great John Allen, perhaps the best English-language reporter on the Vatican beat, does yeoman’s work in three different articles, to which I am linking today. Allen takes knowledgeable, sometimes...
View ArticleThe Great Prostration; Count Me In
In an impromptu, and very beautiful homily, Pope Benedict XVI last week brought up the issue of penance: Penance is grace; it is a grace that we recognize our sin, it is a grace that we know we need...
View Article"No one wants to see Pope prostrate…"
As we’ve wondered about the impact of a Great Prostration, I remembered this discussion on In the Arena, the current-events panel show produced by NET-TV in the Diocese of Brooklyn:
View ArticleSecular Sex Abuse Gets a Look – Poll Added
In New York, Queens Assemblywoman Margaret Markey routinely presents a bill which seeks to open a year-long “window” into the statute of limitations on child sex-abuse cases, allowing victims whose...
View ArticleThe Celeb Names & Why We Care
Earlier I posted a picture of celebrities from the 1940s and asked you to identify them. Some of the guesses were very good, indeed. I myself was only able to recognize Loretta Young (the sitting gal...
View ArticleIt’s Norbertine Nun Wreaths, Gift Ideas Time!
My project today — and I am sadly later to it than usual — is to remind you that once again, the Norbertine Nuns of Tehachapi, California are taking orders for their incredibly fresh and long-lasting...
View ArticleWhat the hell is WRONG with these people? – UPDATE
If you ever doubted that there is a battle going on all around us — a true battle — between good and evil, and that that battle engages every single one of us whether we are aware of it or not, the...
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