Whispers in the loggia:

Given what's been brewing behind the scenes for the better part of the last month, now you know why the following clip wasn't run here on the late October feast of its star...

...and when you look at all the pieces in it, 21 years after the fact, the echoes into the current moment – indeed, into tomorrow – just feel all the more extraordinary:



As previously reported, a presser in Newark's Cathedral-Basilica of the Sacred Heart is slated for 10.30am Eastern Monday. Thanks to a furtive last-minute wifi installation in the ethereal French Gothic space, the introduction of the Sixth Archbishop will be livestreamed, and you can find the feed right here at the appointed hour.

In the meantime – with a ton of thanks to everybody who helped keep the shop afloat during the drill-phase of the operation – it bears noting again that these pages are only made possible thanks to your support....

Yet in particular, to the many folks in North Jersey who've pummeled this house with no shortage of questions over the last year and treated this scribe as some kind of free vending machine, with "the goods" now delivered, this round's especially on you – well, unless you're likewise fleeing for the horse farm:

This time next week, it's live from Baltimore for The Making of the (USCCB) President... even so, as no shortage of things can (and will) happen in the interim, send prayers – days like these are what this scribe gets paid for.

At least, we can hope.

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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia