Signs of Hope
It seems like ages since I’ve posted. The world seems to have turned a corner in these last weeks from which there may be no return. After all the exhaustion of the campaign, there was the drawn-out drama of the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
The Cardinal at the Convention
I can’t help thinking, now that the dust has settled after the last tumultuous couple of weeks, that Cardinal Dolan has pulled off a coup of some kind. He invited Obama to dinner (and according to etiquette you can’t not … Continue reading
Biggest Catholic Stories of 2009
Looking back over the posts I’ve done this year, I think I made some hits and misses in reporting on the biggest stories of the 2009 in regard to events in the Catholic Church. But I think I got the … Continue reading
The Talkers and the Doers
Rocco at Whispers in the Loggia has some great stuff about the pilgrimage to Rome for Fr. Damien’s canonization tomorrow. Damien de Veuster was the Belgian priest who gave his life to the people of the leper colony of Molokai … Continue reading
More Clarification from L’Osservatore Romano
From a June 5 (unsigned) notice in L’Osservatore Romano, posted June 6, by John Thavis of the Catholic News Service (CNS blog): Obviously the Holy See and L’Osservatore Romano have been, are and will be fully at the side of … Continue reading