News has come of the murder of the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul Paulos Faraj Rahho who had been kidnapped The Associated Press has this story AP And Catholic News Service is running this interview with an American-based Chaldean bishop who lays some of the blame for the outcome on the

One of the better blogs on things religious is Therese Borchard s Beyond Blue hosted by Beliefnet com Nominally it is about the topic of depression which Borchard had suffered from and also discussed in last week s America article Shadows in Prayer Shadows More broadly it i

Christ the Lord The Road to Cana Anne Rice s new novel received if not a rave review then a very positive one in The New York Times this morning Times review The book is a follow-up to Christ the Lord Out of Egypt her bestselling novel about the birth and childhood of Jesus That fi

Geraldine Ferraro commented that Barack Obama has attained the heights of his political success only because he is black. The comment made me sick to my stomach.

This week s New Yorker includes an excellent letter from three of Bishop Paul Moore s children responding to their sister s article outing their father in the March 3 issue I also found Honor Moore s article distasteful a few scenes felt too choreographed almost as if they were played

Last night Barack Obama scored another big win in a small state beating Hillary Clinton by 61 to 37 and netting 3 delegates more delegates than the former first lady By way of comparison in Ohio last week Clinton netted 9 more delegates than Obama His margin in the popular vote almost 97 00

As Holy Week approaches we will hear of that death for others which is the assurance of salvation for all of us Indeed at the center of every liturgy is the presence of Jesus as he was in his last moments given for you poured out for you Two other thoughts tradition has found in the passio

The political world is reeling from the explosive revelation that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer was a client of a very pricey prostitution ring The news sent shockwaves across the political landscape and you could almost hear the schadenfreude on Wall Street Those who had felt the censorious we

As an example of how the media sometimes can get a story wrong or at least confuse things unnecessarily witness the story from the March 8 issue of L Osservatore Romano which included an entirely sensible interview with Bishop Gianfranco Girotto an official at the Apostolic Penitentiary on