Whither hope Last week I complained that Obama rsquo s inaugural address was all spinach and no hope and that it lacked an over-arching narrative His roll-out of the economic stimulus plan suffers from a similar problem The words may have been poll tested as Carrie Budoff Brown shows over at Pol

Dave Gibson at his blog Pontifications has a good roundup of the nbsp controversy over the lifting of the ban of excommunication of four bishops from the Society of St Pius X which erupted on the anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the announcement by John XXIII of the Second Vatican Counc

This video has been many Catholic blogs but it sums up the events of the past week with drama and grace though alas not with suffficient effect

Cambridge MA Just after Christmas I splurged on-line searching out at used book sites the seven volumes of Hans Urs von Balthasar rsquo s Glory of the Lord his wonderful and extensive reflection on the aesthetic element in our theological and spiritual knowledge our apprehension of the beautifu

Wow nbsp Here is the statement from Bishop Bernard Fellay superior general of the Society of St Pius X responding to the lifting of the ban of excommunication nbsp It reads in part I reminded nbsp him Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos that we were suffering much from the present situation of the

A reader has chastised us here at America for not offering a post about the annual March for Life It is a fair question I can only answer for myself but I have very mixed feelings about the March What I like about it is also what I don rsquo t like about It has failed utterly to make a differenc