On a Sunday afternoon, it is nice to visit a Museum. Here are some shots from the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Here is a too brief clip from CTV of Pope Benedict’s vespers service in the Vatican Basilica for the beginning of Advent.
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Today the Holy Father visited the parish San Lorenzo fuori le mura, St. Lawrence outside-the-walls.  This is a Minor Papal Basilica, rather than a Major, but it is an extremely important church in the history of Rome and our Roman … Continue reading →

From a reader:
Hello Father Z First let me thank you for your wonderful work with your blog. I am an young woman living in a parish with, well, an “interesting” liturgy. Thanks to the many Catholic blogs out there like yourself, … Continue reading →

What would happen if a president-elect should die or be demonstrated definitively not to have been eligible for office under the requirements in the Constitution, before the electoral college meets?
I am getting various answers.
Anyone?   Something authoritative.

First Vespers of the 1st Sunday of Advent is on.
This is the first liturgical ceremony of the new liturgical year.

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For fans of those books and certain movies:

This weekend I will be in the Twin Cities to help with Masses for a priest who is under the weather.

Mass is at the top of the hour today, 1800 GMT, 1300 EST.
I will remember at the Memento of the living, you readers who have been so supportive of WDTPRS.
 

Please pray for the people in Mumbai.

Our friend Fr. Ray Blake, PP of St. Mary Magdalen parish in Brighton, has a great photo on his blog.
He must be in Rome, for this is the window of the famous, and over-priced, Gammarelli, near the Pantheon.
Note the rose … Continue reading →

From VIS:
ALBUM BY PLACIDO DOMINGO INSPIRED BY POEMS OF JOHN PAUL II
VATICAN CITY, 28 NOV 2008 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present a new album of songs inspired by … Continue reading →

Our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus posted a photo worth a thousand words, asking
“What’s wrong with this picture?”

I believe this is in the Basilica of the XII Apostles, near P.za Venezia.