Nathaniel Peters

Another addition to the church challenge , and one which I was fortunate enough to visit earlier this month, is the Mariaczka Basilica on the town square in Krakow. The Central Europeans love color in their churches, and the Mariaczka is a perfect example. The whole church is a blaze of hues that, . . . . Continue Reading »

Over at Icons and Curiosities , Sally asks the rest of us to join in her and Jody’s churchfest . This morning my friend Matt Alderman inadvertently answered the call at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping , posting photos of St. Elizabeth’s, Bratislava, also known as the Blue Church. I . . . . Continue Reading »

Long before the current turmoil in Iran, a woman was stoned by the members of her village for adultery that she did not commit. Such occurrences are common in the Islamic world today, but this one was documented by expatriate Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam and broadcast across the world in . . . . Continue Reading »

From the New Liturgical Movement comes the news that ten sisters in an Anglican convent in Baltimore will be received into the Catholic Church, with two of their fellow sisters remaining Anglican. The reaction of many upon hearing such news is probably, “So who are these Anglicans with their . . . . Continue Reading »

Ah, Joe , but wouldn’t it increase baptism totals even more if Baptists baptized those babies? Just a thought . . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

That’s “the naked public square” in Spanish, for the non-Hispanophones out there, and it’s a phrase that Spaniards are going to want to remember in the coming months. As CNA reports: Publico , a newspaper closely allied with Spain’s ruling Socialist party, reported . . . . Continue Reading »

Maria Monk, Jesuitical trickery, Opus Dei, the Templars . . . why don’t the Cistercians get any conspiracy theories? So asks Br. Stephen Treat: Yeah, the Templars had a good run and went down in spectacular flames, but doesn’t that setback suggest that maybe they weren’t such . . . . Continue Reading »

Last winter I went to a conference in Seattle and had the chance to walk by Pike Place Fish. Aside from the gorgeous spread of Pacific seafood—king crabs, salmons, the works—the main eye-catcher was that the employees tossed the catch from one to another as they wrapped and sold the fish. . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend told me about Fr. Apostolos Hill, a Greek Orthodox priest in Denver who has recorded three CDs of Byzantine chant. Fr. Hill’s clear voice rings out with little adornment and solemn passion, and in his American vibratto I think I can hear a hint of evangelical background (but I could . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s New York Times food section there’s a recipe for the good life. I know that’s a tacky opening sentence, but I couldn’t resist. John T. Edge reports from Hemingway, South Carolina on a family that makes old fashioned BBQ. As in: Ten butterflied pig . . . . Continue Reading »