Well into day five of Cable-gate the reaction of folks here in London is a collective ho-hum The Queen s subjects are buzzing but not about the wayward opinions of their American cousins nor even about London s rioting students or its knee-high paralyzing snowfall Treason is the word on pe

Here s a film I m dying to see The King s Speech nbsp For I m a fan of nbsp all of the lead actors--Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Michael Gambon Derek Jacobi as well as of the director Tom Hooper who helmed HBO s John Adams nbsp Our film reviewer Harry Forbes found it

Part of America s mission is to find Christ in culture so it seems natural to look for Him in in that part of culture not involving art music theater or other written and visual arts sports and in particular--baseball Today brings sad notice that Ron Santo beloved third baseman of the Chicag

Two significant moves have just been made on Thursday during the Lame Duck session of Congress First the House passed the Child Nutrition Bill which expands the school lunch program and will automatically include more children on Medicaid The program currently feeds more than 31 million youngs

Today is the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of four American churchwomen who worked among the poor in El Salvador Maura Clarke and nbsp Ita Ford nbsp two Maryknoll Sisters Dorothy Kazel an Ursuline Sister nbsp and Jean Donovan nbsp a Maryknoll Lay Missioner nbsp The story of their

I attended in mid-October in Rome at the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace a quite spirited three-day symposium on the topic of Caritas ihn Veritate and the American Church and Society Besides the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace the meeting was co-sponsored by the Institute for