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It’s on its way, and I’m reminded today that not every single person who reads this blog is aware that I’ve written two books of saints for children. You can find complete tables of contents here, but I am begging you just to use this as reference and not order from me. I don’t have…

A most fascinating photo: Caption here. Wednesday General Audience: Speaking to about 40,000 people, as yet another large crowd gathered in St. Peter’s square for the Wednesday audience, the Holy Father offered a meditation on Psalm 129, noting that it is "one of the best-known and most loved psalms of the Christian tradition." This psalm,…

An interview What about the situation of divorced and remarried Catholics? Again, the synod looks set to largely reaffirm existing discipline? In my experience, the synod fathers are far more conflicted on this question than on the viri probati. Many of the fathers, fully knowing and accepting the teaching of the church, nevertheless came back…

I’ve never been to Auriesville – Michael has, but a few years ago, we did go to Midland, Ontario, site of the Martyr’s Shrine. Here are some photos, including one of little Joseph in front of the de Brebeuf reliquary. And here’s what I blogged on the trip at the time. (scroll down to 7/22)

Would someone call a couple with a lot of kids "selfish." Read the whole thing. I’ve seen a TV special on this family. Not my deal on any level, but they are, as opposed to the implication of the writer of this screed, self-reliant, and probably use not many more resources, at the end of…

Everyone should note that today is the feast of the North American Martyrs. Jogues, Brebeuf, etc. Read Black Robe in celebration! Well, "celebration" doesn’t quite capture it. Remembrance, maybe? Or, perhaps you should read Parkman’s The Jesuits in North America Or, you could really go to town and take a look at the Jesuit Relations…

Mirror of Justice has tons of great posts from the last few days, including points on McMansions and Crunchy Cons, China, Google and materially cooperating with evil, the VA governor’s race and more…

Ramesh Ponnuru and Jonathan Last for Head Guys. Of anything. Last today, at Galley Slaves: It would probably be impolite to point readers to the November issue of First Things, which features a long and typically brilliant Antonin Scalia essay on "The Language of Law," which is a review of Steven D. Smith’s book, Law’s…

An important series by Annie Banno at After Abortion and her own blog, three parts up so far: This is the first of a five-part series. Topics include how old and how racist and how wrong some of Steven Levitt’s (Freakonomics) conclusions really are. And you thought William Bennett was bad. Part one Part two…

Advancing at last? Although a dossier on Cardinal Newman’s beatification was first opened in 1958, no miracles had, until now, been attributed to his intercession. “I had to tell John Paul that the English are not very good at miracles,” Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor said. “It’s not that we are not pious, but the English tend to…
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