I ve spoken today to bishops and to people who have also spoken to bishops about yesterday s story see my post on next year s papal visit to the UK which will be only the second in British history the first was John Paul II s in 1982 What I ve learned 1 Both Rome and the Church in the UK w

Much attention has rightly been focussed on the irrational aspects of right-wing protesters especially those whose irrationality is rooted in racism But the Left has its irrationalities as well and some of them are on full display these days The most obvious was the sad spectacle of the rostrum

The 28 September issue of America has a very interesting article by Alfred McBride titled A Sturdy Framework A Defense of the Bishops New High School Catechesis Recently on this blog I tried to buck up William O Malley s splendid article raising questions about the new US Bishops document o

After a night that exploded in looting gunfire and teargas and a day of ldquo absolute chaos rdquo in the capital city events on the ground in Honduras are escalating dangerously out of control Patrick Ahern a U S journalist based in Tegucigalpa told America today Thousands of demonstrators

The story is breaking that Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the UK next year possibly to beatify Cardinal Newman But neither Downing St nor the Holy See are confirming or saying when -- so there s really not a lot to report And given that we knew he was going to visit next year at some point

I received an email this morning from a dear friend in Paris to whom I had written yesterday congratulating him on the new nuncio being sent to Avenue President Wilson the French nunciature Among other things my correspondent wrote For Europeans the battle Obama is forced to fight on the hea