Dr Rowan Williams gets 20 minutes with the Pope. They both know it's all over...
The leader of a billion Roman Catholics meets the leader of 80 million Anglicans at a moment of historic crisis between the two Communions and they spend all of TWENTY MINUTES together. Here is the official communiqué from the Vatican: This morning His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI received in private audience His Grace Rowan Williams, Archbishop...
How Should Catholics Market Catholicism?
Some thirty years ago, evangelical Christianity threw itself heavily into the business of marketing itself with a series of hip slogans such as "I Found It" (a stranger is supposed to ask what this means, thereby opening an opportunity to share the Gospel). Along the same lines, there was the Good News Bible with a newspaper-theme cover.
It Just Doesn't Get More Repulsive Than This...
When I was in 6th grade I got in trouble for cussing. In an effort to clean up my language, I asked my teacher what the worst thing was you could call someone. "Repulsive," he replied. I have always remembered that word, but have used it sparingly. What I am about to report is, indeed, repulsive. Bill Donohue...
Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers...
Rethinking the Catholic 'box score'
Our Lord used technology to address a wider audience...
It's been a rough year, but we're still here...
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For Antigonish, "Dunn Deal"...
In big, much-anticipated news from Points North, this morning Pope Benedict sent Auxiliary Bishop Brian Dunn of Sault Ste. Marie back to his native Atlantic Canada to head Nova Scotia's scandal-rocked diocese of Antigonish. As foreseen over recent weeks, the Holy See fast-tracked an appointment to the 130...
The Gift of Knowledge: Confirmation, Continued...
Anglicans and Catholics: What is Catholic Ecclesiology?
Hat tip to Ruth Gledhill for the portion here of Rowan Williams' speech on the Apostolic Constitution in Rome. What stands out to me as most frustrating is that this speech seems to want to dismiss with the wave of the hand something that Rowan and Anglican ecclesiology (if there is such a definable thing!) often forgets...
The Catholic Church will never ordain women...
Mattie Stepanek, a Messenger of God...
Bosnian Cardinal denies claims of Vatican commission for Medjugorje...
The black nobility still serves St. Peter...
Italy may be a republic, but it's still a young republic, and the royalty and aristocracy of its past continue to run through its veins. One of the happy consequences of this is that princes and princesses still live in Rome and, if you live here long enough, you'll probably run into a few of them.
Archbishop Chaput Offers His Advice on the CCHD Collection...
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Pope and Anglican Primate meet for 20 minutes, say dialogue will continue...
Cloture Vote Expected Saturday on Senate Health Bill USCCB Calls "Worst So Far"...
"Dear Artists, You Are the Custodians of Beauty"...
The complete text of the pope's speech given on November 21, 2009, in the Sistine Chapel, to representatives of all the arts: painters, sculptors, architects, novelists, poets, musicians, singers, men of the cinema, theater, dance...
Even Demons Believe and Tremble - A Eucharistic Story...
It was almost 15 years ago. I was At Old St. Mary's here in D.C. celebrating Mass in the Latin (Extraordinary Form). It was a solemn high Mass. I don't suppose I thought it any different than most Sunday's but something quite amazing was about to happen. As you may know the ancient Latin Mass is...
Catholic convert and cancer patient writes Little Guide for the Dying...
Friar Pluck: An Interview with Fr. Benedict Groeschel...
Our Lord used technology to address a wider audience...
Vatican's ‘most important' cross gets new look...
Ahead of Meeting with Artists, Pope Benedict Acts as Docent...
Christopher West presents 'profoundly troubling' idea of Christian freedom, Catholic writer says...
Does the devout Catholic Van Rompuy want to preside over a Holy Roman Empire?
The Screwtape Letters Come Alive...
One of the greatest works of CS Lewis is his book of fictional letters from one demon to another - The Screwtape Letters. It is now brought to life, and it sounds amazing. This is one will soon be in St. Mary's library. Check out the actor who played Gollum voicing the lead character. Tip O' the hat to CMR.
