I am back in Rome.  Where are you?
Here is a snapshot of locations of people using the blog a couple minutes ago.
Maybe you can see your location!
Virginia Beach, Virginia Petaluma, California Farmington, Michigan College Park, Maryland London, Lambeth Lancaster, Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

From Fr. Welzbacher’s Pastor’s Page, which I have cited before.
Pastor’s Page By Fr. George Welzbacher    Apri 29, 2007  … Continue reading →

Cordial biretta tip to Shouts in the Piazza:  o{]:¬)

Since I installed Site Meter, we have now passed 500,000 visits and 1,000,000 pages loads.

Reports are coming in about the sales of Pope Benedict’s new book, Jesus of Nazareth.  In some 10 days after its release, 510 thousand copies have been sold in Italy, 480 thousand in Germany and in Poland 100 thousand.
The … Continue reading →

In an entry yesterday I opined that as the date for the Motu Proprio becomes more concrete (or at least seems to become concrete) some journalists would go start freaking out. 
Here is a piece from that bastion of conservative … Continue reading →

In the blog of Damian Thompson on Telegraph.co.uk:
May 5, the feast day of Pope St Pius V. That is apparently the date Pope Benedict has chosen for his announcement of the lifting of restrictions on the celebration of the beautiful … Continue reading →

For a rigid backward looking conservative, Pope Benedict XVI sure does some progressive things.
The most recent surpise from His Holiness is a change to the Synod of Bishops.
Originally the Synod, called to meet occasionally to discuss questions put to them … Continue reading →

In today’s La Reppublica there is an article from Marco Politi confirming two things which we already know.
First, the Motu Proprio is coming.  Second, Mr. Politi doesn’t understand what he is talking about on this matter.
Keep in mind … Continue reading →

It may be that some time in the future, His Holiness will travel to the USA.  The terms are still quite vague, however:
POPE ACCEPTS INVITATION TO VISIT U.N. HEADQUARTERS
 
VATICAN CITY, APR 27, 2007 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon, Holy … Continue reading →

Tonight as the sun set I began my supper prep.
Black Angus bone-in rib eye grilled in lemon and first press olive oil.
Sweet corn from Florida.
Mixed greens with homemade Green Godess dressing.
2002 Tobias Zinfandel.
"An all new episode of Smallville." 
Followed by… … Continue reading →

Fighting exhaustion, I needed a day to rest.
Nothing’s wrong.  Just tired.
Back at the Sabine Farm for a couple days before returning to Rome.
Ahhhhhhhh….

There is an nterview available through UCANews.  Gerard O’Connell interviews H.E. Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith speaking about the post-Synodal Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis of His Holiness.
It concerns especially the Exhortation and Asia.  There is a mention of the now famously correction par. … Continue reading →

 
"The…….hills are aliiiiiiive…..  "