The statement of Francis Cardinal George president of the USCCB on the lifting of the ban of excommunication on the four bishops of the nbsp Society of St Pius X Statement of Cardinal Francis George President USCCBPope Benedict XVI has lifted the personal penalty of excommunication incurred by f

David Gibson has nbsp a story that has been percolating on the web for the last few days about the late founder of the ultraconservative Legionaries of Christ Father Marcial Maciel Degollado who had been publicly sanctioned in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI after an extensive investigation of charges

One of the central themes of Pope Benedict rsquo s pontificate has been that Truth - with a capital T ndash makes claims upon us that our Western culture has relativized the Truth to meet its decadent desires and that the Church must be engaged in the task of returning Truth to its central pla

Here is something new nbsp Michael Paulson of the Boston Globe notes that the new Catholic cathedral in Oakland California includes a memorial to victims of sexual abuse by clergy Here is Paulson The new lakeside cathedral here commands attention with its oval shape and glass and steel sheat

I have never met Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner nor Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Tom Daschle I am sure both are capable men although the claims for Geithner rsquo s unique capabilities struck me as a bit overblown But I am disappointed that after two years campai

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Today s blog is brought to you by the letter R nbsp nbsp nbsp The state department I work for the CDC or California Department of Corrections in 2005 had the letter R added to its acronym making it the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation It