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At First Things, Jody Bottum looks at Kevin Phillips’ new book and yearns for historical perspective: But there was the New York Times proclaiming during the presidential campaign of 2004: “Never before have so many bishops so explicitly warned Catholics so close to an election that to vote a certain way was to commit a…

Grant at the Commonweal blog provides links to the materials related to the release of the Archdiocese of Chicago abuse audit From the Sun-Times, the Cardinal’s response: "You read it and you weep," George said. "For the many missteps in responding to the accusations of sexual abuse of minors by Father McCormack, I must accept…

Plan B bill dies in CT: Avoiding the highly charged issues of religion and rape in an election year, a key legislative committee failed to vote Monday on a bill that would have forced Catholic hospitals to offer the Plan B contraceptive pill to rape victims. Some advocates maintained hope that the bill could be…

Here’s the Vatican webpage on the Consistory of Cardinals None of the meager content is in English yet, though. Here’s the VIS summary of the ritual: Tomorrow’s consistory will take place according to the new rite introduced at the consistory of June 28, 1991. After a liturgical greeting, the Holy Father will read the formula…

Two stories have emerged over the last day or so. First, hints on the content of Benedict’s post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist: According to a Vatican source, the commission will approve “a proposal and a plan for liturgical reform,” which will be made public in the Apostolic Exhortation that the Holy Father will tentatively…

Wesley Smith notes that an Italian government official is in trouble for comparing the Dutch baby euthanasia policy to…well, you can guess. I mean, who could ever dream up that comparison? They’re nowhere near the same thing. Except for the doctors. And the disabled babies. And the killing part. Other than that…

Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan, makes news because she signs a vaguely pro-life bill into law. Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign into law a bill requiring Michigan abortion providers to give a pregnant woman the option of viewing ultrasound images of her fetus before performing an abortion, according to her spokeswoman. It would mark the…

The webpage of the Sisters of Charity in Cincinnati has a page noting local events. Currently, they’re drawing attention to this: March 25, 2006World Day of Prayer for Women’s OrdinationCincinnati, OH1:00 pm – 5:00 pmCincinnati Museum CenterSpeaker: Bishop Fresen, D.Th. Via Rich Leonardi The "Bishop Fresen" is one of the women associated with the group…

Here’s a useful explanatory map of the excavations under St. Peter’s.

V alerie Schmalz at Ignatius Insight reports: The chief administrative officer of San Francisco’s Catholic Charities is an openly gay man who has a daughter he  adopted four years ago with his homosexual partner. That fact summarizes the challenge confronting the new archbishop of San Francisco, George Niederauer, in the face of the burgeoning controversy…
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