James MacMillan on faith and music
Scottish Catholic composer James MacMillan, who is the composer of some of the music to be used at Pope Benedict’s visit to UK which begins tomorrow (see our earlier story), talks about faith and music...
View ArticleA fetish for the Bible
The King James Bible is 400 years old. The translation of it was controversial. Translation. Controversial. Imagine .
View ArticleItalian bishop turns heads with Giorgio Armani vestments
The devil may wear Prada, but a Sicilian bishop has set out to show Satan does not have a stranglehold on designer clothing by ordering new vestments from Giorgio Armani. 'This is about wearing...
View ArticleArab Spring in the Catholic Church?
Joanna Moorhead thinks so: “People power – a stranger at the Catholic church’s door” in The Guardian.
View ArticleFictional monks
Yesterday, March 21, at least within the Benedictine Order, was the feast of the Transitus (passing) of Our Holy Father Benedict. Church organists, double check your chart of Precedence of Liturgical...
View ArticleInculturation, superheroes and waterguns
This story from The Guardian invites a scornful pile-on, but I think it might also prompt thoughtful reflection on how we set limits to inculturation and how we adapt liturgy to circumstances.
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Catholic Church and Today’s World: Two Views
Here are two contrasting views of the Catholic Church’s relationship to the contemporary world. First, eminent historian from Oxford University, Diarmaid MacCulloch, manages to pack in nearly every...
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