Back to the grind

Folks, I've been away from the keyboard for a few days, but as always, the newsmakers continue to churn out the stuff.

On Sunday past, His Holiness held a meeting (a rare occasion, since he doesn't normally hold meetings on Sunday other than the public Mass and Angelus recitation), with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The topic of discussion: preparations for World Youth Day 2011.

Be sure that even though not much is said on the public stage about the festivities being organized, there's lots a-buzz albeit soto-voce about putting things in place so that the week-long celebration for the world's youth will run as smoothly as possible.

Among the most recently canonized Spanish Saints (who doubtless will be highlighted during the coming WYD celebration), there figure the names of Saint Francisco Coll and Saint Rafael Arnaiz.