Michael O rsquo Loughlin noted here last week that the devil will be making an appearance on television in the fall The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-life hauntings and demonic possession based on cases investigated by the Catholic Church Meanwhile in England Jonathan Tulloch upd

Jon Stewart and his Daily Show are known at this point for their ability to reveal the contradictions in political spin and cable news speak and to provide some catharsis in the midst of frustrating or bizarre social and political developments nbsp Usually they do it in a way intended to make the

The battle over liturgical text translation that heated up last year is but the latest in a long series of acrimonious debate about words and their meanings and implications for different groups of people Something similar happened in the UK nearly 400 years ago From The Guardian Except of cours

Following this morning s publication by the bishops of England and Wales of a detailed Q amp A about the forthcoming Ordinariate - see previous post -- I sat down with the bishops conference secretary-general Fr Marcus Stock pictured here with Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster for a disc

Before or on Saturday when three former Anglican bishops including John Broadhurst pictured are ordained Catholic priests the Vatican will publish a Decree formally establishing a Personal Ordinariate for England and Wales -- the world s first By Pentecost there are expected to be at least 50

In the dazed aftermath of the mayhem in Tucson there has been much digital ink spilled measuring out the blame for the attack on the indiscriminate rhetoric of America s permanent campaign culture as if specific percentages of culpability could be affixed to the loose and unpleasant lips of a Glenn