For those of you who are fans of the Britcom Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister and I m not the least of these to paraphrase St Paul you ll enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at life at 10 Downing Street in which Tony Blair was amused to find himself seemingly stuck in that 1980s sitcom

New to the Web this week a slideshow of photographs depicting life in the the Mexican province of Oaxaca past and present Thanks to Robert Joe Stout author of iquest Adonde Vas Mexico Feb 22 for providing the pictures View the slideshow On this week s podcast Kathy Saile the director o

I have been meaning to call attention to a special investigative report done by CNN on the on-going scandal in Vieques a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico You can watch the report here It is heartbreaking Vieques was a proving ground for munitions run by the U S Navy for many ye

Here s a nbsp very brief video nbsp I did last year for Loyola Press who asked me to speak on what it might mean to be joyful during Lent traditionally a sad time nbsp Here is my nbsp suggestion nbsp We at America join with you in prayer during this Lent that we may all draw closer to Chris

We don t normally advertise upcoming events but this one looks great nbsp Bringing together a wide variety of voices on the question of abortion is this conference at Princeton University nbsp Check out the participants Open Hearts Open Minds and Fair Minded Words A Conference on Life and Cho

Robert Mickens at the Tablet tipped us off to the official press release from the Vatican on the pope s extraordinary meeting with the Irish bishops over the sexual abuse crisis nbsp It is also on the Holy See s website PRESS RELEASE ON THE MEETING OF THE HOLY FATHER WITH SENIOR IRISH BISHOPS AND