Monthly Archives: April 2007

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{]:¬)

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

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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.
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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 →