Economist's View (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Is the "second great age of globalization" about to end': The Great Illusion, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: So far, the international economic consequences of the war in the Caucasus have been fairly minor, despite Georgia’s role as a...
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
In today's General Audience address, Pope Benedict extols the virtues of spending time with the saints this summer and gives a preview of the calendar for the remainder of the week: Tomorrow we will remember St. Pius X, who lived in a tormented historical period. Of him John Paul II said, when he visited his birthplace in 1985: "He fought and suffered for the freedom of the Church and for this freedom...
Mulier Fortis (Free subscription) | yesterday
I learned to pray the Rosary in Latin by praying it in my car to the accompaniment of Pope John Paul II's Rosary CD. I am delighted to see that Pope Benedict has released a new version (presumably including the luminous mysteries as there are 4 CDs in the collection) so I will be able to recite the Rosary in Latin with a German accent, as well as in Latin with a Polish accent!! Mantilla-twitch to Fr....
Orthfully Catholic (Free subscription) | yesterday
I would like to share with you some of what I have read and heard read while on retreat at that most beautiful of Abbeys. In the refectory two books were being read, at lunch we heard from the autobiography of Nelson Mandela and at supper we heard from George Weigel's biography of Pope John Paul II. On Sundays the monks here extracts from the Catholic press. Last Sunday Fr Prior chose a column from...
Couples for Christ Solomon Islands (Free subscription) | yesterday
ZENIT The World Seen From Rome Daily dispatch - August 19, 2008 VATICAN DOSSIER Pope Considers Lesson of John Paul II's Passion Reason Needs Beauty, Says Pontiff WORLD FEATURES Cardinal Says Taizé Founder Reflected Christ's Face Vatican Says "Yahweh" Not to Be Pronounced US Bishops Look at Election NEWS BRIEFS Book to Feature Pope's Thoughts on St. Paul Past Opus Dei Prelate Nearer to Beatification...
Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Here's more grim news about the world economy. I wish I could remember where Pope John Paul II said this, but he said there were two atheistic, materialistic world systems: communism and unrestrained capitalism. Both, he predicted, would collapse. It's almost as if the twin towers were a metaphor of the two global materialistic power systems. JP2 lived to see the collapse of communism. Are we now seeing...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
During the reign of John Paul II, the official Papal liturgist was a certain Mgr. Marini, who was a Suspect of the First Order to anyone who actually read rubrics... At any rate, here's an interesting story . I recall an episode when Old Marini told John Paul the Great that he should be standing and JP2 replied 'The Pope is kneeling'! Heh. That's about as close as a Pope gets to saying "Shut up!" HT:...
Musings from a Catholic Bookstore (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Although we have many new items this week, we want to take this opportunity to tell you about an important new book by bestselling Catholic author and lecturer Christopher West. If you are already familiar with John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, you will delight in the new material in this book. If not, this [...] ShareThis
Some Have Hats (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is an excellent conversation taking place in the combox re Archbishop Burke's statement on denying communion to pro-abortion public officials, and the concept of denying communion in general. I'm going to move to conversation to this post, in hopes...
Maior autem his est caritas (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... to amateur filmmaker and cool dude W., friend of good friend Jamie, who I met last night at din. And, his soon to be completed movie is called, well, Din! :)
Maior autem his est caritas (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
38 year old priest murdered in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (Asianews) On the night of August 16th his body was found on the roadside by a group of people, not far from the village of Balampilly; the body of the Carmelite of Mary Immaculate carried wounds to the face while the hands and legs had been crushed and the eyes gouged out. His motorbike was found one kilometre on from
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, that’s all everyone is talking about these days. And, okay, with good reason. But let’s not forget about the other notable Phelps—especially the following 6, who are some of my Phavorite Phelps. 1 and 2: Identical twins James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps (b. 1986) You know them [...]
Maior autem his est caritas (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Fascinating story. Details at the Intentional Disciples blog.
The Daily Bellwether (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
CINCINNATI (TDB) -- Jerome Corsi, the literary quack, is known for making statements that are bigoted against Catholics -- he described Pope John Paul II as senile and opined his successor (Pope Benedict) would probably be the last pope ever. And he often compares Muslims to Nazis. Until today, I never knew Corsi suggested using a nuclear weapon to destroy a religious shrine in the Holy Land. Corsi...
The hermeneutic of continuity (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Blessed Alexandrina was beatified in 2004 by Pope John Paul. Here is a short introduction from a dedicated Blessed Alexandrina website Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa of Balasar, Portugal (1904 – 1955), one of the great mystics of modern times, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2004. A ‘victim soul', chosen by Christ to suffer in atonement for the sins of humanity, she was bedridden for life...
