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Christopher Caldwell of The Weekly Standard has been writing outstanding stuff on immigration, particularly in the European context, for a while (I see he’s got a book coming out on the subject) – some of you might remember his articles on Muslim immigration into France, in particular. He’s got an excellent piece in the WS…

The next Secretary of State on the War in Iraq: Pope Benedict XVI’s choice as the next secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said the current situation in Iraq demonstrates that the Vatican’s warnings against the war were "prophetic." At the same time, the cardinal said he has argued against a precipitous pullout of Western…

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,…

…don’t read this book. Well, go ahead, but be ready, in the last third, for lots of sinews, blood and guts, as former New Yorker fiction editor Bill Buford heads to Tuscany to apprentice with the Dante-quoting, raw-meat loving butcher of the subtitle, Dario Cecchini. And before that, whether you’re carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, be…

From Lapped Catholic: My wife and I were talking about the upcoming Feast of the Assumption on August 15th and she mentioned that when her family spent their summers "down the shore" that on the Feast of the Assumption everyone made sure that they went into the water. She said they had to carry her…

The Cleveland Diocese sponsored a music event – and 20,000 folks showed up! Play it with Christian artists like the rockers Sanctus Real and five-time Grammy winner Steven Curtis Chapman, and Catholic youth – not always accustomed to hearing their generation’s music in parishes – will come by the multitudes. An estimated 20,000 people –…

We do this occasionally, simply because I’ve got twenty years of book-reading to children under my belt, with no sign of stopping in the near future, thank God. And we just returned from the library. First, a helpful hint, of which most of you are probably already aware: If you’re like me, you have very…
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