The Sunday morning news shows ndash NBC rsquo s Meet the Press ABC rsquo s This Week amp c ndash are not actually watched by that many people But their power comes from two distinct sources First they interview people who actually make news Second they are watched by local news affiliat

At the Mass for the Sick which Pope Benedict celebrated in Lourdes France this morning nbsp he seemed to downplay the importance of miracle physical cures in nbsp favour of the idea of healing as an experience of God ldquo How many come here to see it with the hope ndash secretly perhaps nda

The Mass celebrated today in Lourdes by Pope Benedict XVI brought back memories for me of the one celebrated by Pope John Paul II on his visit in August 2004 As it turned out it was his last foreign trip He was already a very sick man and within a year he would be dead It turned out to be a powe

David Gibson author of The Rule of Benedict and The Coming Catholic Church and a regular blogger on Beliefnet and Dotcommonweal has nbsp a provocative piece nbsp on the abortion wars as a political challenge nbsp The full article ran in The Wall Street Journal on Friday Preview Obscu

In July I had the occasion to visit Galveston Texas a city filled with exquisitely beautiful historic churches The co-cathedral of St Mary and Sacred Heart church were my favorites and both are sitting in water this morning after the ravages of Hurricane Ike The cathedral is a small gothic bui

America s special election blog is pleased to welcome Rick Garnett as a conbtributor Rick is a law professor at Nore Dame and a frequent contributor at MirrorofJustice com a blog dedicated to Catholic legal theory You can read his first contribution by clicking here nbsp Michael Sean Winters