Catholics: Sponsored by the Word Transparency
John Allen at the National Catholic Reporter cites three big stories all surrounding the word transparency in Catholic life today. As always, nicely done. Here are the three stories in…
Cardinal Egan adds to SSPX outrage
Rocco has the scoop: “Yesterday, the Vatican condemned in the clearest terms a statement made by an illicitly consecrated Bishop by the name of Richard Williamson in which the evil…
President Obama: “No religion hates”
President Obama’s main quotable from the National Prayer Breakfast: “No matter what we choose to believe, let us remember that there is no religion whose central tenet is hate. ……
National Prayer Breakfast: Tony Blair Steals the Show
The now Catholic Tony Blair had two poignant moments at the National Prayer Breakfast. The first came when he noted “religion is under attack from without and from within. From…
iPod touch blogging
So I’m trying to post with my touch. Let’s see if it works. Mobile Blogging from here. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
I’d be a lousy Slumdog
The poor are much smarter than we are. I just watched Slumdog Millionaire which reminded me so much of my experience in Nicaragua. The slums of India are the centerpiece…
Hudson Plane Crash Audio
This is amazing: Embedded video from CNN Video Ever been on a plane in which you thought it was soon going to be all over? Coming back from my honeymoon…
Pres. Obama says No Money for Religious Groups that Discriminate in Hiring Practices
This just in from CNN In an executive order to be announced on Thursday, Obama does not rescind Bush’s provision to allow faith-based groups to discriminate in their hiring practices,…
Being the Pope is Lonely
Sandro Magister–Vaticanista par excellence, has much to add about the SSPX story. In the disaster, Pope Benedict XVI found himself to be the one most exposed, and practically alone. Both…