Dave Gibson at his blog Pontifications has a good roundup of the nbsp controversy over the lifting of the ban of excommunication of four bishops from the Society of St Pius X which erupted on the anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the announcement by John XXIII of the Second Vatican Counc

Wow nbsp Here is the statement from Bishop Bernard Fellay superior general of the Society of St Pius X responding to the lifting of the ban of excommunication nbsp It reads in part I reminded nbsp him Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos that we were suffering much from the present situation of the

A surprising and important nbsp story out of Rome today Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the ban of nbsp excommunications of four Lefebvrite bishops members of the controversial nbsp Society of St Pius X nbsp The news was relayed to us by Robert Mickens the London Tablet correspondent who has

Loyola Productions has just completed a new DVD called Who Cares about the Saints which is designed to introduce the stories of some of the most popular of the church s saints to a new generation With some of my own commentary coupled with terrific footage photos images and graphics the D

The USCCB has posted apparently without fanfare the Vatican s final report from the Apostolic Visitation of seminaries and houses of formation for religious orders from 2006 nbsp The visitation received widespread interest coming as it did after the sexual abuse crisis and in response to V

The eminent sociologist Robert Bellah the lead author of the landmark book Habits of the Heart has a fascinating essay on nbsp Barack Obama nbsp the website The Immanent Frame nbsp And these reflections on the president-elect and the nbsp common good a nbsp popular phrase in Catholic nbsp so

Imagine my surprise when I nbsp received nbsp an nbsp email this morning that read in its entirety ldquo Jesus added you as a friend on Facebook nbsp We need to confirm that you know Jesus in order for you to be friends on Facebook rdquo nbsp I rsquo m not joking nbsp Here s the link to

From AP VATICAN CITY by Nicole Winfield ndash Cardinal Pio Laghi a longtime nbsp Vatican nbsp diplomat who went to Washington to try to dissuade nbsp U S President George W Bush nbsp from launching the2003 invasion of Iraq has died the Vatican said Sunday He was 86 Laghi died Saturday e

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This message was posted on the First Things blog this morning by Joseph Bottum editor of the magazine Fr Richard John Neuhaus slipped away today January 8 shortly before 10 o rsquo clock at the age of seventy-two He never recovered from the weakness that sent him to the hospital the day aft