Quote of the Day

“N othing is more practical than finding God, than falling in Love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes yo...

The Shadow of Pietro

Before all else, according to late word yesterday, the shape of Archbishop Pietro Sambi's Stateside farewell has changed. While a 6 Augu...

"My Joy and My Crown"

Keeping with the theme of memory and tribute, the following is fullvideo of Archbishop Pietro Sambi 's final address to the US bishops a...

For the Nuncio, A "Super" Sendoff

As multiple late reports have it, the domestic funeral rites for Archbishop Pietro Sambi are said to be set for the late "Super-Nuncio ...

Goodnight, Big Boss -- "Super-Nuncio" Sambi Dies at 73

Having received credible word from multiple sources, these pages are heartbroken to report that the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, A...

For Spain's "Holy Leader," Holy Smoke

As today brings the feast of St James, time to roll out one of the Catholic imagination's many great pieces of eye candy: the Apostle...

Nunciature: For Sambi, "Sacrifices and Prayers"

In the wake of this morning's advance word, the following late-day statement is making the rounds from 3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW -- ...

On the Magdalen....

As today brings the feast of the "Apostle to the Apostles" -- a figure who's come to be "rediscovered" of sorts by...

For "Catholic Ireland," Does Enda = "The End"?

Even if the domestic press has largely spent the last few days parsing the church-state perspective of the latest high-profile appointee o...

Reports: Amid Transfer Talk, "Super-Nuncio" Gravely Ill

SVILUPPO (9.45pm): By day's end, the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington released a statement requesting "sacrifices and prayers...

Lusting After...

Crustacean on top of ivory tufted wool by New Orleans artist Shelley Hesse . More than anything, I like to support artists who names I can a...

Shifting Gears

I am turning my apartment into a home right now and that is where I'm funneling all my funds. This blog for the next few months will be...

And now, at long last, the wind-down... at least, the start of it. More after a good, full head-clear; sometimes, you just need to hit yours...

With Savannah, Father Francis Gets a Two-Fer

Of course, yesterday's Mega-Move on the home-front might've rightly dominated the headlines. Still, it was notable that B16 cleared ...

"Running A Supertanker," Eastern Edition

Suffice it to say, gang, on a break from a morning of live TV, getting to see the sun's first beams hit the Big House could well have ma...

Midnight in River City -- a century ends... and nothing short of a new world begins. Surreal as it is to say, church, The Hour has arrived: ...

Veni, Creator....

OK, gang, so -- despite trying to keep it down as long as possible out of deference to the ways of things -- the news is out. For what it...

Render Unto Chaput -- Sources: Denver's Capuchin = Philadelphia's Revolution

He is brash, outspoken and fearless -- energetic, colorful, cultured... indeed, even hard-core.... And if multiple indications from near and...

And so, friends -- at the dawn of what's tipped to be an epochal week for this River City church -- before all else, let this town's...

It's On

...and so, Phightin church, at the close of a long, wild four months since consultations got underway -- two weeks precisely since B16 is sa...

In China, "It's a War"

For all the local difficulties that could easily keep the Vatican brass up at night, by far, one situation likely trumps all the rest these ...

Sure, Phils fans, it might be All-Star Week, our guys on the road to do some sweepin' this weekend... ...still, even for ad intra purpo...

"Super-Nuncio," Rome-Bound?

Afoot for months, the buzz has only grown more insistent over recent days that, after a considerably successful half-decade as B16's man...