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John Allen reports on the pope’s visit to Switzerland, the Bush-Pope meeting, and some other matters. Switzerland is a microcosm of the “ecclesiastical winter” besetting much of Europe. The country has a rich Catholic past, centered especially on famous monastic foundations such as the Abbey of St. Gall and Einsiedeln. Despite the impact of the…

The NYTimes looks at the return of crucifixes to the classrooms of some Catholic colleges By 1997, a student group at Georgetown was demanding that crucifixes, by then hung only in historic classroom buildings and each room of the Georgetown University Hospital, be placed back in every classroom. By 1999, there they were, though with…

Haven’t heard from him in a while – Henry Hyde shares his views Describing as distinctly unfortunate the fact that abortion has become the litmus test for Democrats, Hyde said that prestigious Catholics who propound it seem to intimidate some bishops and other leading figures in the church. Not long ago he attended a gathering…

By William Clark, in today’s NYTimes He consistently opposed federal support for the destruction of innocent human life. After the charter expired for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare’s ethical advisory board — which in the 1970’s supported destructive research on human embryos — he began a de facto ban on federal financing of…
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