Index of recent posts

An Italian Journey:

- Vi Ringrazio, amici Italiani / I thank you Italian friends

- La Domenica a la Basilica di San Pietro / Sunday at Saint Peter's

- Un giretto con la bici / A ride on the bike

- Il cibo italiano / Italian food

- Una Santa Messa a la Basilica di San Pietro / A holy Mass at Saint Peter's

- Italian 101

- The Amalfi Coast

- Pizza in Naples

- Views of Rome

- L'Udienza Generale / Wednesday General Audience

- Una passeggiata Romana / a Roman stroll

Scribblings:

- Wear the Crucifix!

- Cardinal Vallini on the Crucifix in Italian Classrooms

- Prayers for the Army and Fort Hood

- FEAR: the official religion of the EU

- "If You Deny Me Before the World"

- Pelosi and pro-abort pals: you can run, but you can't "Hyde"

- "nowhere else to go": NYT insults sincere Christians in reporting on Church's new Anglican Ordinariate provision

- Sunday at Saint Mary of the Assumption: Jesus says "no"

34th Marine Corps Marathon:

- MC Marathon update/photo

- Finish time 4:07:55

- Thank you

The Church teaches

- A Letter from Bishop Knestout: "Setting the Record Straight: Same-Sex Marriage Bill & Social Services"

US Bishops: True Health Care Protects All Life!

- Pelosi and pro-abort pals: you can run, but you can't "Hyde"

- The "longest war"

- Archbishop Dolan on anti-Catholicism

- US Bishops offer four principles to guide Health Care Reform

Esoterica:

- Go Maine!

- "Singing with the Angels": Images of the Fall Pilgrimage: Gregorian Chant at the National Shrine, Washington, D.C.

- More images of the Chant Pilgrimage here.

- Cantemus Domino has made available recordings of the chants for the Extraordinary Form Mass celebrated as the culmination of the Pilgrimage on Saturday evening, 26 September. More info here.

- Reflective analysis by John L. Allen, Jr., on "affirmative orthodoxy" as the key to understanding Pope Benedict's trip to the Czech Republic

- Buy the new book on new English translation of the Mass at discount.

(Photo: Pope Benedict at Wednesday audience, 28 October 2009, by Fr. Kevin M. Cusick)