The Pope s cat Chico has written a new book called Joseph and Chico A Cat Tells the Life of Pope Benedict XVI which will be published by Ignatius Press in March From the press release In this beautifully illustrated book for children Chico the cat describes the life of his best

If you haven t seen it already be sure to read our Candidate Index in the December 24-31 Current Comment Just scroll down to the bottom of the page We hope Harper s won t mind Tim Reidy

Christmas is being moved to June And for good reason Beat Christmas Burnout

This CBS television show In God s Name set to air Sunday night Dec 23 9-11PM ET looks interesting It was produced by the talented French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet who did the amazing doc on 9 11 a few years ago They filmed the destruction of the World Trade Center accidentally

Last Sunday s Book Review section in the New York Times has a wonderfully funny article by Dave Itzkoff Planetary Politics suggesting works of science fiction that different presidential candidates might say they ve been reading Rudolph Guiliani he posits might say he s been reading T

A few weeks ago Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship said that he saw a certain obstinance my word not his in response to Pope Benedict s motu proprio relaxing restrictions on the Latin Mass called Summorum Pontificum Here s what Archbishop