Lent is coming to a close That news may prompt some people to say Thank God Lent is seen as a time of penance of giving things up mdash and of well seriousness Most people think Christianity is like that year-round Humorless Depressing Boring Christianity is seen as a path of deadly

It is entirely understandable that the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany took the occasion of the G-20 summit in London to gloat After years of listening to the Anglo-Americans tell them they were economically-speaking fuddy-duddies wedded to archaic regulatory schemes that imped

So the new Archbishop of Westminster will be the current Archbishop of Birmingham Vincent Nichols He was always the front-runner and his appointment will come as little suprise It was clearly not the shoe-in that some always thought it would be The appointment took much longer than anticipated

It is wrong to boast but I can t help myself I am delighted to discover that I have been attacked by Bill Donohue at the Catholic League I confess that I actually like Donohue sometimes and I think there is a place for an organization that attends to the ways our culture is hostile to the fait

Two unrelated events have scratched some of my great discontents Besides it is a dreary rainy day in Washington the kind of day that turns one rsquo s thoughts towards malcontentedness President Obama met with the Queen of England and no one - not in the media which has so many outlets you migh

Cardinal Francis George has now entered the fray regarding Notre Dame rsquo s invitation to President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address this year A total of nine bishops have issued statements on the matter which have sadly come precariously close to disrespecting the President and