Better late than never: Nancy Pelosi’s archbishop has finally weighed in with his response to her controversial and much-criticized appearance on “Meet the Press.” Near the end of his long statement, after pointing out the mistakes, misstatements and outright falsehoods the Speaker of the House proclaimed on national television, Archbishop George Niederauer adds another wrinkle…

Pope Benedict is about to release his third encyclical — and it might be time to consider these as comprising a Blessed Trinity, dealing as they do with Love, Hope and Truth. Amazon has a listing for the new letter — and Ignatius Press has a glimpse at the cover and a brief description of…

The world’s most famous former hostage finally met with Pope Benedict on Monday, in a dramatic encounter full of emotion. From Reuters: Freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt hugged Pope Benedict on Monday and told him how she was overcome with emotion when she heard him appeal for her freedom on a radio broadcast during her…

Karol Wojtyla, as a young factory worker in Poland. “I come from your midst. I come from the quarries of Zakrzowek, from the Solvay furnaces in Borek Falecki, and then from Nowa Huta. Through all these surroundings, through my own experience of work, I boldly say that I learned the gospel anew.” — Pope John…

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