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Meghan Cox Gurdon (mother of 5) in the WSJ: She comments on the resurgence of the large family on the big screen, but that the subtheme of these films is chaos, either barely controlled or actual. But in reality: The odd thing is that, off the screen, large families are seldom the ones with wildly…

I didn’t, but a reader writes in: Did you happen to watch ER last night? I sat down in the middle of it. Some teenager was pregnant by rape. She didn’t really want to keep the baby but her Christian mother insisted that she did. The female doctor was berating the mother for forcing this…

He’s speaking at Calvin College in Grand Rapids today and the talk is being broadcast live in Real Audio. And at Radio Blogger, you can find a transcript of a Hugh Hewitt interview with Fr. Joseph Fessio on Pope Benedict.

David Crumm of the Detroit Free-Press consistently finds good stories and reports them fairly, in context. Today’s piece is on the Christmas celebrations of Christians from the East Michigan’s diversity of immigrant groups, drawn mainly to auto-industry jobs during the last century, has left a colorful sprinkling of Christmas customs across metro Detroit. That includes…

Click here for larger photo (April 2002 – on the way back from the absolute worst NCEA conference ever – in Atlantic City. ) (Which had been preceded by the absolute worst Easter liturgy ever, in which the visiting Franciscan had extemporaneized the entire Mass from beginning to end, including the Eucharist Prayer. And had,…

Dear People of “Open Book”: I have followed with great interest your discussion ofmy interview with Godspy and Amy’s reactions to it,focused especially on the question of divisions in theChurch, and what to do about it. What I’d like tooffer here is an attempt to synthesize your discussionso far, as a way of seeing if…

Andrew Sullivan has been wondering about the mortality rate of newly-conceived human beings, he says, for a section in the book he’s writing. He says today: Thanks so much for your numerous responses to the zygote question. I’m deluged with information in a matter of hours, so no need for more. I’ll write up a…

From the Philippines, a priest’s effort on behalf of his people: Father Beltran is pastor of Manila’s Parish of the Risen Christ, a congregation of scavengers who live alongside Smokey Mountain, the Philippine capital’s legendary — and ever smoldering — garbage dump. Father Beltran, who has lived among his parishioners for 27 years, knows their…

A bit early – he’s 73. Cleveland’s Catholic Diocese Bishop Anthony Pilla has written a letter to the Vatican asking to be replaced, NewsChannel5 reported. Pilla, 73, will not disclose why he placed the request to retire. He said the reason is between him and the Vatican. Usually, bishops are replaced when they are 75…

Waitin’ for the first encyclical. Cardinal George has some clues: The cardinal has not yet seen Benedict XVI’s encyclical, which is expected to be released by the Vatican within days, but said he has "seen comments" about it. The pope has asked George to deliver an address about the major themes of the encyclical to…
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