Thanks to an alert reader who spotted this in the Letters section of the London Tablet nbsp In my earlier post on the decision of the archbishop of Tulsa to nbsp celebrate Masses ad orientem nbsp I included nbsp the Tablet s editorial about Archbishop Vincent Nichols Westminster communications

The church doesn t think that there s much conflict between evolution and faith the Vatican said as much just this year nbsp Still the battle between Darwin fans and God fans continues to rage nbsp Now here s Robert Wright author of The Evolution of God in the New York Times today on nbsp

Did Jesus laugh nbsp Most likely nbsp nbsp Do I like to laugh nbsp Most definitely nbsp nbsp Anyway this is just for fun nbsp I don t think we had our blog up and running when this thing came out nbsp Hope you enjoy it nbsp If you steal any of these jokes at least footnote me

nbsp That s what Scott Simon on NPR s Weekend Edition asked me the other day nbsp nbsp Here s my answer from today s show along with some reflections on an occasion when humor went too far nbsp The America piece on humor that Mr Simon mentions at the beginning is The Most Infallible Sign

Roland Joffe director of The Mission a movie about the Jesuit reductions that I hope that you ve seen is doing a new movie on St Josemaria Escriva founder of Opus Dei nbsp Laurie Goodstein has the story in today s New York Times nbsp The project was initiated by a member of Opus Dei is p

Sandra Schneiders a member of Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe Mich is a professor of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology Berkeley Calif nbsp She is also the author of several books on religious life after Vatican II n

Oh boy nbsp My friend The Anchoress is sure to get nbsp deluged with comments about this post on a fellow blogger who has decided to receive Communion without having been received in the Catholic church Rick at Brutally Honest for whom I have a deal of affection and he rsquo s been a a provo

To build on Michael Sean Winter s post immediately below here is David Gibson on what he calls Obama s Altar Call for Health Care Reform nbsp on PoliticsDaily Obama was clearly ramping up his rhetoric in an effort to counter the strident attacks He punctuated each claim from opponents -- about

Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa Oklahoma has decreed that all Masses he celebrates in the cathedral will henceforth nbsp be ad orientem facing East back to the people facing the high altar nbsp H t to David Gibson at Commonweal nbsp For those of you a few years ago that thought that Pope

I wouldn t put it that way but Alan Dershowitz the Harvard Law professor makes an interesting point about the Justice s comments on Monday and how they square with Catholic teaching and Christian morality nbsp Here s Dershowitz on nbsp The Daily Beast nbsp nbsp I never thought I would live