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I am traveling today and thinking of the people I have met in the past year of teaching, writing, praying, doing whatever one does in Eur...

A comment on another post brought up the question of rites in the Church as connected to local custom, or to devotion. Now, the Rites, wh...

As Confirmation is one of the Sacraments of Initiation, one of the questions asked of people who are getting married is whether they need ...

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2012/05/rome-sspx-fellay-speaks-in-vienna-words.html Rome-SSPX - Fellay speaks in Vienna: the words of...

I had decided to continue looking at the Sacraments of Initiation on this blog. As readers know, I have been looking carefully at Baptism...

This is the last day of my vacation in Kent. Out of the thirty-five days I have been here, the sun has shone five days, the fog has ta...

Notre Dame redeems itself http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/ 30962-notre-dame-files- religious-liberty-lawsuit- related-to-hhs-mandate/ Th...

from the New York Times Catholics File Suits on Contraceptive Coverage By LAURIE GOODSTEIN Published: May 21, 2012 Th...

Thanks to Wiki; William Blake's Oberon, Titiania and Puck To me, fairy tales, (excluding Tolkien, but not Shakespeare) reveal a w...

I am thinking of two universities which have responded to the Obamacare mandate. The first is Steubenville, which courageously has decided t...

From the Religious Census, 2010 USA. I am sure no one is surprised by the findings. Where are you, dear readers from the States?   http://r...

Here is an interesting map, one of several, taken from information from the 2010 American Religious Census. Taken from  http://www.theblaze...

In the May 19th issue of The Irish Post , a British-Irish paper, the front page is obviously against Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien...

I have need for my dear readers to pray for four special intentions for me. All are serious petitions, two which need immediate answers to p...

Egypt is getting scarier and scarier. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in that country today, please. Photo from ACN.

Petizzjoni 2012.  Le għall-iffriżar tal-embrijuni umani fil-liġi l-ġdida dwar l-IVF f’Malta. If you are in Malta, please go here, ask ...

Chen Guangcheng is on his way to the United States today.  Let us continue to pray for him and his family. 

One of my favorite movies is Lawrence of Arabia . It is an epic film, worthy of all the praise it has received over the years. The saddes...