In All Things

Up until maybe ten years ago it didn t occur to me what kind of bleeding the woman with the hemorrhage told of in Mark 5 and Luke 8 was actually experiencing My unexamined mental image was of a woman with drops of blood oozing from random pores who somehow did not bleed to death Then I heard

One of the words Pope Benedict repeated the most during his sermons and speeches while visiting America was truth although when Benedict uses the word my mind s eye sees it with an upper-case T as Truth The phrase dictatorship of relativism from his sermon to the cardinals before the conclave

Here s the Anchoress with an exhaustive exegesis on the controversy that was bound to happen as soon as Mr Guiliani rose from his pew last Saturday Read the full post here James Martin SJ

Tomorrow I take off for Lourdes the shrine in Southern France where well if you don t know that story you re probably reading the wrong blog Anyway let me share one thing before I leave My hosts for the trip are the Order of Malta officially called the Sovereign Military Order of M

Dale Recinella has updated his article Ending the Death Penalty from the April 28 issue to include commentary on the Supreme Court s recent decision on the constitutionality of lethal injection Read it here You ll need to scroll to the end Tim Reidy

Well we can t blame Fox News anymore for turning the decades-long career of ministry by the Rev Jeremiah Wright into a You-tube-driven caricature The good reverend on his own initiative went before the National Press Club and demonstrated that he is every bit as zany as the previous caricatur

Robert Novak famous for publishing the name of CIA officer Valerie Plame has decided to use his morning column to pose as the head of the Vatican s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith He notes that several pro-choice politicians received communion at the papal Masses in Washington and Ne

For those who were moved by the pope s meeting with abuse victims from Boston here is an interview from The Boston Pilot the archdiocesan newspaper with Cardinal Sean O Malley on how the meeting came about Q Can you explain your involvement in that unannounced meeting in Washington that

Cambridge MA There are many good things and interesting things to reflect on after the Pope s visit to the Washington and New York but here I pick up on only one Benedict s April 17th visit with representatives of various religions at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington Benedict

Matt Malone has just posted the final installment of his review of the fabulous John Adams miniseries on HBO Read it here For those of you who haven t seen the series be sure to add it to your Netflix queue it comes out on DVD on June 10 You can find Matt s review and other notable W