Over the past quarter century or so, I have written my share of stories and columns about traditional Catholics who yearn for the return of the Tridentine Mass.
Clamoring for the Tridentine Mass?
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Bible Girl enters a Pentecostal firestorm
The story is ugly and lurid, packed with the kinds of details that are almost impossible to include in mainstream news coverage.
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Episcopalians in the dock (day two)
We are now in day two of the post-Dar es Salaam world and the focus is moving — as it should in U.S. newspapers — back to the local and national angles of this global Anglican crisis.
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Hey, Time! Smell the incense
A long, long time ago, I remember a comment that a city-desk editor made when reporters started using the really early laptop computers (photo) to cover live news events. Everyone was excited because this was going to streamline the shipping of stories back to the newsroom, making it possible for reporters to write closer to deadline on breaking stories.
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To dust you will return
I always get a kick out of the way my friends and colleagues celebrate Mardi Gras with a fervor not seen since before the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus. But mere hours later the liturgical calendar is forgotten. These devout observers of Shrove Tuesday can be heard telling the Christians they have “dirt on your forehead.”
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The "official," "authorized" word from Tanzania
It’s hard to know where to start with all of the coverage of the Anglican primates story, now that the late-late-night negotiations are over and the official statements are out.
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In praise of "corporate" communion
So far, I think that a new editorial in the Telegraph should win some kind of prize for capturing the atmosphere at the Anglican primates meetings in Dar es Salaam.
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Communion is not a new issue
So here is how things stood early this morning in the ongoing drama that many call “As Canterbury Turns.” A cheery Los Angeles Times story informed the world:
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Shia rising
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition is in the midst of a five-part series on Shiism this week. It’s called “The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shia Faith and Politics” and is well worth listening to or reading online.
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