Cambridge MA Really alert readers will notice that I studiously avoid current events mostly because I have no great insights to add to what I hear on NPR or read in the New York Times I instead focus on things I ve read studied seen at Harvard and elsewhere soon enough I will add a piece

John McCain threw evangelical pastor John Hagee overboard yesterday Finally Months ago when anti-Catholic comments by the pastor came to light McCain said he did not support the claims and Hagee did one of those faux-mea culpas in which he did not apologize for what he said but for any offense

Why go to mass Like other Americans many Catholics claim to be spiritual but not religious They cannot believe that missing mass is a mortal sin who does nor do they feel obligated to support their parish But Catholics today do appreciate friendship sex and communication however they

These two stories are particularly interesting when taken together In the first dated May 17 here Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone the Vatican s Secretary of State reaffirms the church s ban on ordaining gay men whether in the diocesan world or in religious orders The Vatican was respondin

John McCain in an effort to paint Barack Obama as wet behind the ears on security issues has taken the Illinois Senator to task for promising to meet with foreign leaders without preconditions McCain has focused much of his blast at the implications for relations with Iran whose leader is admitt

Among the endless reports of senseless bloodshed and revenge killings coming out of Iraq is one curious and inspiring story reported by CNS yesterday Catholic Bishop Rejects Execution of Iraqi Archbishop s Murderer Though Al Qaeda operative Ahmed Ali Ahmed was found guilty of kidnapping and