On Monday Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City joined a long list of bishops issuing increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the consequences of Barack Obama winning the presidency He urged voters to consider their eternal salvation Evidently Cardinal Bertone considered his eternal salvation and

President-elect Obama ran a campaign that was arresting in its discipline There were almost no leaks But in his very first twenty-four hours since the election the news that he had offered the job of White House chief-of-staff to Cong Rahm Emmanuel leaked to the press This would have been fine

A vigorous debate took place this morning among the cable newssquawkers about whether the results of yesterday s election signal a sea-change in America s attitudes toward race Tucker Carlson claimed on MSNBC that it was insulting to suggest that America passed a moral test by voting for Obam

From the Archdiocese of Washington Washington Archbishop Donald W Wuerl called upon the faithful of the archdiocese to pray for President-elect Obama and all of the newly elected as they take on their new responsibilities nbsp ldquo We offer our prayers today for our nation and for our newly ele

Yesterday the New York Times reported that a number of news staffs particularly CBS might call the election as early as 8pm Given the swing state polls that were closed by that time the CBS news staff reportedly was speculating that by then it might have all the information it needed On MSNBC

Here is some analysis sent to us by Thomas J Reese S J senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center and former editor-in-chief of America Catholic voters ignored the instructions of a group of vocal bishops and delivered 54 of their vote for Barack Obama as president of the United States