INTERVIEW WITH MONSIGNOR DOMENICO BARTOLUCCI

by Pucci Cipriani and Stefano Carusi

Maestro, the recent publication of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum has brought  a breath of fresh air into the distressing liturgical panorama surrounding u...

A reader from America emailed to say he found me far too cryptic and what the hell was I talking about regarding boyfriend cardigans.  He hadn't followed the link and wasn't up to date in fashion trends.  Hardly surprising living in America.

He's a big fan of Ann Coulter and the Tea Party movement.  Come the elections he'll be partying like it's 1773.

PHOTO OF PRETTY GIRL WITH CHARMING HAT, AND HER MATE, HAS BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE SHE ASKED ME NICELY.  SHE'LL HAVE TO TELL THE ULSTER TATLER THEY SPELT HER NAME WRONG.

Found this nice quote on integrated education:

"consists of nothing else other than self-righteous, pompous claims of reconciliation, no more amazing than claiming they can fit 200 people into the back seat of a Mini".

"Far from transcending sectarianism with some stupendous alternative for the provision of education in Northern ...

The Holy Father has written a rather good letter to seminarians.  You can read the whole thing here.

Below I've summarised and provided some of the high lights.  I think one of the critical lines is "Above all, your time in seminary is a time of study".  For too long, certainly in Ireland, seminarians have been made to feel, and in many cases been explicitly told, that their studies are the least important element of their training. They are encouraged to love Canon Law!  For "law is the condi...

• The demons fear and detest the Virgin Mar...

The late Fr Jimmy Mc Evoy, former Professor of Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast, will be buried tomorrow, from St Brigid's.

I've been googling but can't find any obituary yet so thought I would share some of my own memories.

Jimmy Mc Evoy was a major influence on my life.  I don't mean that I was in awe of him or had him as a guide but he pushed me in certain directions which changed my life.   I started Queen's in 1985 - exactly twenty-five years ago today indeed.  I also s...

Some people tell me they are having problems seeing pictures in the blog, including the header in Blog.  Pity.  It's a lovely image of the coronation of Pope Pius XI, a somewhat neglected Pope.  That's him getting into the first Popemobile.  He has written some lovely stuff for contemplatives.  This line from the Canonisation of St Teresa Margaret Redi caught my eye:

By the supreme martyrdom of heart, the loving soul literally attached to the cross with Christ, acquires for itself, and for oth...

Congratulations to Jane Adams and the girls of Antrim for bringing home another All-Ireland in camogie.  Okay, it's at junior level, but still, something to celebrate and hope for future glory.

As I never tire of telling friends from Tipperary, Antrim have won more camogie All-Ireland's than Tipp.

And a nice win for Spurs on Saturday.

That reminds me, must check the score's from today.  What's happened to Liverpool?  They were playing today.  Must check.  Presume they gave Blackpool a hammering ...