Whispers in the loggia:

Lest anyone missed the Big Show as it happened, here's fullvid of Newark Cathedral's (and by extension, Northeastern Catholicism's) most surreal moment since the Pope's own turn in the Garden State – at least, his first one...



As the last piece of Whispers "Commemorative Edition" on this national watershed is still in the works – hey, the more one knows Jersey and this Church, the more all this is to process – the reminder's again in order that everything you see here is only possible thanks to your support: in blunt terms, while the hotel for these days totaled an unusually easy $250, the $120 atop it in road-data charges to get and beam out the video, shots and everything else (plus meals/rides) still puts a dent in things....

Long story short, folks, as there's more to come yet, don't help the work and you'll just help kill it:

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Along those lines, we interrupt this pitch for some (more) Breaking News....


Per house ops, these pages can report that, come Tuesday – after an extraordinary 21-month vacancy owed to a host of (long anticipated) complicating factors – the Pope (finally) intends to name the 11th Bishop of Salt Lake City, to lead a Utah church quadrupled in size over the last two decades.

As ever, more in due course... for now, though, as the Madeleine Choir under the direction of Greg Glenn remains one of American Catholicism's most priceless treasures, the most important word of all is this... and may the lot of us ever live up to it:

Lord, you bless with words assuring: 'I am with you to the end.'
Faith and hope and love restoring, may we serve as you intend
And, amid the cares that claim us, hold in mind eternity.
With the Spirit's gifts empower us for the work of ministry.

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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia