Says William Doino who writes for Inside the Vatican and contributed to The Pius War nbsp in a lengthy piece in the London Times today nbsp It s one of the most concise and well-documented nbsp defenses of the pope that you will find In the Autumn of 1987 during one of his many meetings with

America has been introduced to the country of Yemen this past week That introduction was a result of the failed bombing attempt on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit when 23 year old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was unable to ignite the explosives in his underwear More precisely the introducti

The former primate of all Ireland Cardinal Cahal Daly who died on New Year s Eve aged 92 was the Irish Church s leading intellectual As a priest he wrote background papers for the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council as a bishop he worked tirelessly for peace and ecumenism speaking ou

I spent the Octave of Christmas offline -- hence no posts for which apologies -- deep in the south-west of England daily visiting my father who is the dementia unit of an elderly care home When I started contributing to In All Things a year ago he was able to log on from his home to read these

One of the world s most popular pilgrimage sites is set to be even more popular this year 2010 is a Holy Year for the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela which happens every time 25 July -- feast day of St James the Apostle said to be buried in the city s extraordinary cathedral -- falls on

Cambridge MA I blog for America under the ldquo In All Things rdquo title not ldquo The Good Word rdquo but since I preach most Sundays I am occasionally tempted to cross the line and comment on the Sunday readings Perhaps it is auspicious to begin 2010 this way so here is a reflection on