Newscasters were swooning over the news that Colin Powell was endorsing Barack Obama Powell served George Bush 41 as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Bush 43 as Secretary of State so the endorsement was certainly newsworthy But it doesn rsquo t make much of a difference at this point For all

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In 2004 the Al Smith Dinner did not invite the presidential candidates because one of them was a pro-choice Catholic But this year the tradition returned white tie and tails the Cardinal-Archbishop of New York presiding and both presidential candidates yucking it up Best lines of the night w

How do Senators McCain and Obama really stack up on all the life issues that have been championed by the Catholic church over the years nbsp Catholics United has a clever way of laying them out on their website for nbsp anyone uninterested in slogging through position papers nbsp Here it is Ja

Today s issue of The Wall Street Journal of all places has a few answers Right Louis and Zelie Martin who will be beatified this Sunday in Lisieux and their children nbsp Presumably the smallest--and most pious--one is St Therese of Lisieux nbsp James Martin SJ

The Commonwealth of Virginia has seen its voter registration rolls increase by ten percent this year the largest single-year increase in memory And a new report worries that the state may not be ready to handle all these newcomers on election Recent reports about fraudulent registrations only ma