A friend who follows the goings on in the Vatican very closely remarks that it seems the everything going on there is related in some way to the anti-war notion. At the Angelus audience, the Pope asks for prayers for peace. In his Lenten message, he... [Continue Reading]
The former bishop of the Altoona-Johnstown, PA, diocese sent a letter in 1985 to several priests who were spotted by police in a known hangout for homosexuals, pedophiles, and prostitutes. The letter seems heavily concerned with the potential for... [Continue Reading]
Perhaps if pedophile priests made movies instead, we wouldn’t be having all these problems. The director Roman Polanski is the favorite for Best Film and Best Director at the Oscars. He is also a fugitive from justice who was convicted in 1978... [Continue Reading]
My brother-in-law asked me this one: Is it okay for anyone other than a priest or deacon to speak/preach during an Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament? I know it’s not appropriate during Mass, but exposition is not the Mass. My first reaction... [Continue Reading]
An interesting view of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who apparently would become Catholic if he were not PM, according to this London Telegraph columnist. Blair met with the Pope over the weekend and while what they talked about was not... [Continue Reading]
A news report says the Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, knows of four cases of alleged abusive priests yet has done nothing about them. Two of the accused priests were stationed at Johnstown?s Catholic high school—one as principal... [Continue Reading]
In the tragedy of the fire at the Rhode Island night club, as people try to affix blame, the band, Great white, says they were given permission for the pyrotechnics while the club owners, TV reporter Jeff Derderian and his brother, said they did not... [Continue Reading]
The Bishop was being honored at a dinner on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in the Diocese. The senior US Senator from the state, who was Catholic, was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner, but he was... [Continue Reading]
The courts have now become editors for graduation speeches at public schools. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals—the one that struck down the Pledge of Allegiance as unconstitutional—has said that a graduation speech by a student... [Continue Reading]
Okay, not really, but if I could have my own Food TV show it would be about kitchen gear. That’s the one thing they’re missing. There’s all kinds of information on cooking food, but very little about getting the right equipment to... [Continue Reading]