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Today is the 61st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. (The bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th.) Catholic philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe protested and wrote an essay explaining her objections called "Mr. Truman’s Degree." I couldn’t find a copy of the essay online, but here is a blog post…

Today is the memorial of this saint, born and more well-known as Edith Stein, philosopher, Jewish convert to Catholicism, Carmelite nun, killed at Auschwitz. There is an abundance of material available on the Web related to St. Teresa Benedicta, of course. A few links: A relatively brief introduction to her life from Crisis Magazine: Another…

Over at Get Religion, Mollie takes on the Edward Colimore piece from the Philadelphia Inquirer on the liturgy presided over by on of the Pittsburgh 12: But sometimes a story is so poorly written and reported that one look at the headline brings forth waves of despair and exasperation. Such was the case with puff…

The General Audience today was in Rome, indoors in the Paul VI Hall. Benedict spoke on John the Evangelist (continuing his catechesis on the 12 Apostles), and began with a brief explanation of the rationale behind his first encyclical. Benedict XVI arrived from his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo by helicopter. In Paul VI Hall,…
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