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Today’s General Audience, mostly in the rain: The murder of the Christian minister, Pierre Gemayel in Beirut yesterday evening should prompt the Lebanese people to work together to build national unity and countries with the welfare of the Middle East at heart to strive to eliminate injustice afflicting it. Benedict XVI talked about the latest…

A robust, bracing piece from Simon Barnes the chief sports writer of the (UK) Times on life with his Downs’ Syndrome son, Eddie. So Eddie was born, and I have spent the subsequent five years living with him. Not living with Down’s syndrome: what a ridiculous idea. Living with Eddie. Who is my boy. And…

Sandro Magister has reprinted the Pope’s preface to his forthcoming book. At this moment, it’s not been translated into English on that site, but might be by morning. We’ll see. Teresa Benedetta has whiipped out a translation for us, though. (Scroll down) I arrived at this book on Jesus, whose first part I am presenting…

From CNS: Announcing the publication Nov. 21, Rizzoli and the Vatican gave reporters copies of the book’s preface and a portion of its introduction. In the preface, signed "Joseph Ratzinger — Benedict XVI," the pope wrote that for decades he had noticed a growing scholarly distinction between the "historical Jesus" and the "Christ of faith,"…

…the thing is, if I were still living in Florida, and it was 43 degrees outside, I’m be freezing and complaining and looking for a down jacket. …but up here, I stick my head outside into the 43 degree weather and think, "Huh. Guess I won’t need a coat today." Update:  Read Pete’s comment. Please.

from Greg Popcak, picking up on our discussion below: The Catholic helping professional must, of course, be sensitive to this lived experience.  For the client, it represents the sum total of everything they’ve been through.  But for the Catholic helping professional, lived experience is merely a starting point for intervention, not the ending point from…

Dwight Longenecker, excellent writer, Bob Jones grad, former Anglican priest, married father of four who will be ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood (Charleston diocese) in a few days under the Patoral Provision has really intriguing thoughts on what might be going on re/dissatisfied Anglicans and Rome. With cautions. Most importantly, many Anglicans (despite their…

I’m going to re-open the bookstore next week, so start thinking about what you want! All titles that both of us have written will be available for sale and signing.

Conversations have already starting rumbling about Professor Arthur Brooks’s new book, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservativism. A good place to start seeing what folks are saying is, predictably, at Mirror of Justice, the Catholic legal studies blog, where there are differing opinions on the conclusions of the book. Eduardo Penalver: I’m…

They hate us. They really hate us. There has been no shortage of conferences in recent years, commonly organized by the Templeton Foundation, seeking to smooth over the differences between science and religion and ending in a metaphysical draw. Sponsored instead by the Science Network, an educational organization based in California, and underwritten by a…
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