When Pope Benedict XVI steps off his plane in Amman Friday morning King Abdullah II will be there to greet him in person The palace announced this week that in a break with protocol King Abdullah II had chosen to welcome the Holy Father personally The royal welcome will be a token of the high re

Who has the stature to bring together a crowd of talented performers so diverse as to include Bruce Springsteen Dave Matthews Joan Baez Dar Williams Emmylou Harris Kris Kristofferson Michael Franti Tom Morello Arlo Guthrie Roger McGuinn Steve Earle dozens more of the shining lights of Ame

In case you haven t noticed it yet we ve just posted a Web-only article by Pepperdine law professor Douglas W Kmiec on the search for a new Supreme Court Justice In The Case for Empathy Kmiec addresses the conservative idealogues who see empathy as merely a code word for abortion rights or o

God is so good to me While I pray to have no enemies private or public I also pray that if I must have an enemy it be someone like Patrick Reilly the President of the Cardinal Newman Society Yesterday I called attention to an interview he gave NPR in which he compared President Obama to Adolp

Here s nbsp one of the most nbsp cogent reasons why the New York State Legislature shouldn t nbsp open a window to extend nbsp the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases in the Catholic church from Commonweal s lead editorial this week nbsp And I emphasize the Catholic church nbsp nbsp

I just listened to a taped interview on NPR with Patrick Reilly the President of the Cardinal Newman Society that has led the opposition to President Obama rsquo s speaking at Notre Dame rsquo s commencement I hope those bishops who in good faith nbsp have taken the same position as Mr Reilly l