On Pope Benedict XVI s to-do list when he comes to the UK next year -- when and for how long are still unknowns -- could well be advocacy for the European Union Britain s euro-indifference has hardened in recent years into a hostility to all things EU to the point where Catholic advocacy of the

Writers like to be noticed by the mainstream media so perhaps I should be flattered that the Wall Street Journal took cognizance of my existence yesterday William McGurn who contributes to the venerable newspaper rsquo s Mainstreet blog wrote about how pro-life Democrats like Congressman Bart St

Hey all you webby types reading our blog nbsp Our latest Culture section features Generation Text a piece by Mark Bauerlein a professor at Emory and author of the book The Dumbest Generation How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future Tarcher Penguin nbsp Bauer

In writing about abortion and health care reform I have advocated that whatever legislation is finally approved should be abortion neutral Some of the more vociferous members of the pro-life community object to this phrase ndash and to what it represents ndash on the grounds that as Catholic

The New York Times has the story nbsp The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport to delay the court-ordered release of thousands of legal documents from lawsuits filed against priests accused of child sex abuse The decision leaves few

In a bit of believe me entirely unplanned serendipity both America and Commonweal this week have superb articles by American nuns on the apostolic visitation of women religious in the United States nbsp I urge you to read both nbsp Ours by Sister Ilia Delio a Franciscan sister and professo