Month April 2010
Fr. Andrew Greeley (yeah, him) thinks he has a solution to the priest shortage. He thinks the real problem is lifelong commitment. A temporary priest-corps is the answer, says he. I’ve been doing sociological research on the priesthood for more… Continue Reading →
This is likely the most callous thing you’ll read today. The Gothamist: The 18-year-old who was allegedly high on Oxycontin and Xanax when she drove a passenger van into a Hempstead, Long Island home, fatally striking the home’s owner, was… Continue Reading →
Lemme guess. The press will say this is not enough. [Independent.co.uk]Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors by Roman Catholic priests when he meets thousands of clergymen from around… Continue Reading →
Last week I had the good fortune to go to Cincinnati to give a talk on architect Edward Schulte, who lived from 1890 to 1975. He started out as a traditional church designer and lived long enough to branch into… Continue Reading →
This is a really well done video. Almost makes you wish to be a Republican. Almost. We Will Remember from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.
In what has to be one of the stupidest things said or done by the GOP in…well since the last time Michael Steele opened his mouth in front of a microphone, an Ohio county GOP Committee put out a newsletter… Continue Reading →
Ugh! Declaration of Bishop Roger Joseph Vangheluwe of Bruges, Belgium “When I was still just a priest, and for a certain period at the beginning of my episcopate, I sexually abused a minor from my immediate environment. The victim is… Continue Reading →
George Weigel has delicious rebuttal to the imbecilic letter published by theologetic Hans Kung. Rebuttal is actually being too kind. Smack down is more like it. Some snippets. What can be expected, though, is that you comport yourself with a… Continue Reading →
The latest glut of “news” stories by the media hitting the Catholic Church for abusing children has much more to do with anti-Catholicism than actually protecting children. Proof? Pretty simple actually. The media has claimed that it’s reluctantly reporting on… Continue Reading →
Happy Earth Day. HT Weasel Zippers.