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| St. Martha, Rocky's patron saint, pray for us. |
- Today is Rocky's 54th birthday. We will go to dinner after Mass with some friends.
- There is fierce discussion in Catholic blogland about Benedict and Francis. I feel somewhat ambivalent. Is Francis really the pope? I don't know. It doesn't matter what I think. The only ones who could actually speak to this with authority are the cardinals and they for whatever reason are silent. Francis may or not be a true pope but he is sitting on the throne of Peter. He is acknowledged to be pope and he has the power.
- Whoever approved this giant mechanical spider being perched on Ottawa Cathedral of Notre Dame does not honor Our Lady.
- Research from the The Spanish Center of Sindonology shows that the Sudarium of Oviedo and the Shroud must have covered the same body. You can read about the Sudarium, in Janice Bennett's book, Sacred Blood Sacred Image.
- A new parish in Las Vegas is going to be built. When I saw the photos I thought it looked like something from a science fiction movie. When are church architects and the bishops who approve this stuff going to move beyond 1969?