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Emily from the After Abortion blog is down on the Gulf Coast, doing some Katrina recovery volunteer work. Go read her description of life down that way these days.

Up to this point, the UK Tablet has been okay with Benedict. Today, in the most recent issue, they reprint an excerpt from a forthcoming bio of JPII. The tone for the meeting was set by the publication of a book entitled The Ratzinger Report, a long interview which John Paul’s man at the CDF…

…for the Lenten retreat preached to the Curia: Together with the ecclesiastical and ecclesial nature of these exercises, you have also shown us their Christological dimension. You have made us attentive to the inner Teacher; you have helped us to listen to the Teacher who speaks with us and within us; you have helped us…

John Allen He muses on the past year, and really says something important here, and says it almost perfectly: Benedict is a supple thinker, and unpacking his approach on any given question requires nuance. Because his points of departure are the 2,000-year tradition of the church, coupled with his own judgments about the character of…

Several reports: The Washington Times: Sex-abuse accusations against the nation’s priests were down last year, but the flood of millions of dollars in payouts more than tripled and shows no signs of stopping, the United States’ Roman Catholic bishops said yesterday.     "It is disheartening to us bishops, as it must be to all…

But before I do…let me bring this one, single article to your attention – from New Hampshire. Now, one of the echoes from the audit is that most of the charges are "decades" old, and that is obviously true. That doesn’t minimize their importance, but it does serve to lull us into thinking all is…

A new book by one of the co-authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail is being released today, coincidentally (not?) on the heels of the mass paperback version of DVC. Here’s an LATimes review, and I really want to know what goofy idea I can dream up to write about that will get me substantial review…

The unnuanced black-and-white oversimplifications of the Compendium. Go figure.

The conversation about Damon Linker’s Neuhaus article continues over at the American Scene, with good exchanges between Linker and Alan Jacobs, as well as quite trenchant points from Ross Douthat: Which is why Linker, in order to read Neuhaus out of the liberal order, has to turn to his religious beliefs, and then read those…

Terri Schiavo died, after being denied food and water for 13 days. Blogs for Terri is still up and running and offering information and analysis. Prolife Blogs has many of the same posts, but more on other issues as well. Fr. Rob Johansen has a piece in NRO today: It is clear now that the…
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