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Day: May 30, 2011

  • May 30: Memorial Day/Memorial of St. Joan of Arc

    Today — which in the U.S. this year happens to be Memorial Day — is also the anniversary of the death of St. Joan of Arc, who was burnt at the stake on May 30th in 1431. Probably not even twenty years old when she died, she continues to live in the popular imagination as…

  • Clash of Choirs: Pugnacious about Palestrina

    In 1956 Pope Pius XII named Bartolucci permanent director of the Sistine choir. But in 1997, at age 80, he was replaced by Guiseppe Liberto. Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict) was opposed to this move.