Monthly Archives: June 2007

A serious step forward for my summer work of reading, research and writing is now accomplished. When you leave a place like Rome, with all its libraries and resources and, yes, distractions to retreat Horace-like to the quiet of the … Read More →

You all know that I am at the Sabine Farm.   But where are you? Here is a snapshot of different some of you visitors are located: Sydney, New South Wales Roseville, California Bronx, New York So Paulo, Sao Paulo Ann … Read More →

Did Tony decide to play with the feds?  (Did the fat Soprano sing?) Did he get whacked? Do you believe he will "just go on and on and on…"?  Otherwise, … Did Paulie turn? Is AJ slouching into the Thing? … Read More →

An amazing APOD photo of the earth’s surface from space during a total eclipse of the sun.

According to the Secretum meum mihi blog, the paper ABC Color of Asunción, the president of the bishops conference of Paraguay, H.E. Mons. Ignacio Gogorza stated that the bishops meeting at Aparecida in "unanimously accepted the idea of the Vatican" … Read More →

Our dear ultra-progressivist America magazine, run by Jesuits for the left, have an article on the pro multis controversy.  At least this is still a controversy to the author: on planets that spin in the normal direction this is a … Read More →

It is has been reported that the Pope’s Post-Synodal Exhoration Sacramentun caritatis has been retranslated, or at least reworked. I have not checked out this claim yet. As you remember, the official English text at the time of the document’s … Read More →

John L. Allen, Jr., the ubiquitous fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the lefty National Catholic Reporter in his weekly flash as a very good piece on, get this… why Pope Pius XII ought to be beatified immediately. A significant block … Read More →

There is a note available about the upcoming letter to Chinese Catholics, to be issued in a matter of days.  The text will be published in booklet format.  Translation problems caused the delay, which is understandable given the great difficulty … Read More →

This is… well… fantastic! Check out this story and gadget. In a nutshell, a fellow made a computer keyboard from portable manual typewriter. My wife suffers from repetive stress problems in her fingers and wrists. Sometime in October we were … Read More →

I just received a "solid" on the status of Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio to derestrict the older form of Mass. A source in the Secretariate of State says the MP is still in the office of Latin Letters. If we … Read More →

One of the things I really miss when I am in Rome is cooking for myself.  Oh how I miss that.  This I may only do at the sanctuary which is the Sabine Farm.  And, contrary to what I am … Read More →

UPDATED The Wednesday Audience used to be fairly dull, especially have having been to a few.  This Pope, however, is getting more an more interesting. Today there was an attack on the Pope’s person.  I know the Holy See is … Read More →

I got a note from someone saying that this blog is making his browser crash. Is anyone else having trouble? Yesterday I added a video display at the bottom of the left side bar for when I turn on the … Read More →

UPDATED (go to bottom of entry) Here is a shot of a guy (27 year old German) trying to jump onto the Holy Father’s jeep as it passes by during a General Audience in the square. (For video for here.) … Read More →

Since for the next few hours I will be en route to the Sabine Farm, do you think that the M.P will be issued? I am working on the same theory that when I take my umbrella with me, it … Read More →

In Avvenire the official newspaper of the Italian Bishops Conference, today, H.E. Tarcisio Card. Bertone has an interview.  He spoke mainly about the Pope’s latest trip to Brasil and the flap about the "excommunication" regarding pro-abortion politicians in Mexico.  Biretta … Read More →