The shadow of Pope Benedict XVI was everywhere apparent at the first day of the USCCB meeting Except that it is not a shadow at all A shadow obscures the light making it more difficult to see The dominant theme of the meeting so far is entirely positive echoing the Holy Father rsquo s insistenc

Now that the bishops meeting has begun see Michael Sean Winters post below and keep looking for his continuing nbsp coverage for America Cardinal George nbsp has nbsp revealed what has been whispered about in Catholic circles for the past few weeks the USCCB will discuss setting up committees

I am wondering if readers can recommend any interesting ethical discussions of the uses to which email can be put I have in mind particularly the use of the blind carbon copy or BCC function that is included in most email software I first became aware of the ethical dubiousness of the BCC wh

Over at the site for the National Institute of Health Policy a program of the University of St Thomas former Minnesota Senator Dave Durenburger was not sharing the joy about both the Stupak Amendment and the historic House vote for health care reform on Nov 7 His concerns on both the bishops r

Lately when I find it hard to pray or am distracted or can t settle down interiorly I ve started to use musical settings of the psalms and other religious music to help quiet my soul nbsp nbsp It s a wonderful entree into prayer nbsp and sometimes can even become prayer itself as you let the

The USCCB begins its annual plenary session today in Baltimore On the formal agenda the bishops will consider a proposed pastoral letter on marriage which they should scrap and start over and the final approval of Mass translations some are good some not so good but it is past time to fight ov