NCR(eporter) While there is much to be said about the final disposition of this case, we start by expressing our sincere sorrow to members of the Legion. We know all too well how we have pressed for judicial proceedings against Maciel on these pages, convinced that the truth would not be served unless the victims…

Thanks to RP Burke for passing along this piece from the Chronicle of Higher Education: A review of a new book, detailing the American Protestant stance toward Catholic-tinged symbolism in the 19th century: It was a time of rising anti-Catholicism, "always latent in Anglo-America," writes the scholar, a historian at Virginia Commonwealth University. Catholics were…

A short article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about the Nurturing Network and other efforts to help pregnant college students: Mary Cunningham Agee, founder of the Nurturing Network, a private foundation that provides financial assistance and academic guidance to women who have unplanned pregnancies, says Roman Catholic institutions are generally the "most forward-thinking and…

Tomorrow, the Pope begins his trip to Poland. The first day: Tomorrow, Thursday, Benedict XVI will leave the Vatican on an apostolic trip to Poland, the second of his pontificate following last August’s visit to Germany. In Poland, from May 25 to 28, he will visit Warsaw, Czestochowa, Krakow, Wadowice, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, and Auschwitz. The…

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