Eric Scheske

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Catholic Castro

It'd be the biggest conversion since Oscar Wilde: > Fidel Castro wants Pope Benedict XVI to visit Cuba, an Italian prelate has disclosed [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41356]. > The Cuban dictator told Cardinal Bertone that he saw Pope Benedict as a man with

St. Louis Uproar

If you're following the Bishop Burke v. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, you may want to check out Richard John Neuhaus' post about the subject. Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=118]. Excerpt: > If you believe some news accounts, it is all a grab for money

Quiet Reminder

As the fever pitch rises, Benedict XVI reminds us [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41323]: > "During this period of preparation for Christmas, let us cultivate interior meditation, in order to welcome and safeguard Jesus in our lives," the Holy Father said at his Sunday

Something for Sunday Morning

"The saints know that to acknowledge indebtedness is one of the ingredients of pure joy. Souls in hell hate it more than anything." Thomas Howard.

Mega-Shut Down

Aaron Wolf at Chronicles has a good piece about the mega-churches' decision to shut the doors on Sunday [http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/christmas.cgi/Churches%20Against%20Christmas/2005/12/16=] . Excerpt from conclusion: > What we can get at church that we can't get at home

True? Sanctionable? Or Somewhere In-Between?

> A priest sued the Newark Archdiocese and other Catholic agencies Tuesday, accusing them of doing nothing to stop clergy abuse and retaliating against him for helping victims. > The suit, filed by the Rev. Robert Hoatson in U.S. District Court, Manhattan, also alleges that three of the region&

The New Humanism

Catchy phrase, but I think it's already been taken by Irving Babbitt, Paul Elmer Moore and others of their ilk [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Humanism]. Oh well, the idea is good: evangelize the culture; stop capitulating to it. > Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the exploration of

The American Catholic Renaissance

The Anchoress feels a renaissance underway [http://theanchoressonline.com/2005/12/14/tide-turning-for-catholicism/]. Funny thing is, I've been feeling it, too, but figured it was baseless optimism. > I am still getting emails - fewer, but a couple a week - from Catholics or “almost Catholics” who are

"Catholic" Universities

Mark Shea has a great piece this morning about the dirt they're teaching at "Catholic" colleges. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=31034]. Excerpt: > The head of the Seattle University School of Theology came out and, by

My Confirmation wasn't Quite Like This

WaPo runs an article today about the obnoxious ostentation of today's Bar Mitzvahs [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121201624.html] . It kinda brings out the anti-Semite in ya, but if the Jews are ridiculously extravagant, they're merely setting the American pace.